HD 173416 b - the first Japanese/Chinese exoplanet

Hi!

HD 173416 b is the first Japanese/Chinese exoplanet: 2.9 M_Jup, 1.16 AU, ecc 0.21

Preprint: A Planetary Companion Orbiting to the Intermediate-Mass G Giant HD 173416

Bye!

2.7 Jupiter Masses. ;P

Even more evidence that stellar mass is an important factor in the properties of the planetary system.

I see so many giant stars at great distances do host extrasolar jovian planets. I wonder if also nearby ones do.

Pollux does and so does Gamma Cephei.

Aldebaran and Arcturus seem having still unconfirmed companions....

I had got an old paper with some G-K giants with peculiar periodicities. Nearly those same periods were still reported in a recent paper Lazarus posted in "Unconfirmed planets" thread and I still wonder if they may turn out being orbital periods of low mass or substellar companions. Amongst the stars mentioned and with significant periodicities:

- Aldebaran - suspected having a superjovian planet
- Arcturus - ditto
- Pollux - confirmed planet
- Iota Aurigae - a couple of brown dwarfs?
- 15 Librae (or Ksi2 Librae)
- Beta Ceti

Who knows, maye Okayama Planet Search could unveil the presence or not of planetary companions out there.

THE RUSSIANS!!!!!!!!! are next

NuclearVacuum wrote:THE RUSSIANS!!!!!!!!! are next

In Soviet Russia Exoplanets detect YOU!

Edasich wrote:

NuclearVacuum wrote:THE RUSSIANS!!!!!!!!! are next

In Soviet Russia Exoplanets detect YOU!

That is scary!!!! What if the Russians are the first to discover and exoplanet that contains life
(IRONIC AIN'T IT?!)

Edasich wrote:

NuclearVacuum wrote:THE RUSSIANS!!!!!!!!! are next

In Soviet Russia Exoplanets detect YOU!

ROTFL