A JUPITER-MASS COMPANION TO A SOLAR-TYPE STAR

被引:3070
作者
MAYOR, M
QUELOZ, D
机构
[1] Geneva Observatory, Sauverny, CH-1290
关键词
D O I
10.1038/378355a0
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The presence of a Jupiter-mass companion to the star 51 Pegasi is inferred from observations of periodic variations in the star's radial velocity. The companion lies only about eight million kilometres from the star, which would be well inside the orbit of Mercury in our Solar System. This object might be a gas-giant planet that has migrated to this location through orbital evolution, or from the radiative stripping of a brown dwarf.
引用
收藏
页码:355 / 359
页数:5
相关论文
共 25 条
  • [1] BARANNE A, UNPUB ASTROPHYS J SU
  • [2] Baranne A., 1979, VA, V23, P279
  • [3] THE FORMATION OF CLOSE BINARY-SYSTEMS
    BONNELL, IA
    BATE, MR
    [J]. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 1994, 271 (04) : 999 - 1004
  • [4] PROXIMITY OF JUPITER-LIKE PLANETS TO LOW-MASS STARS
    BOSS, AP
    [J]. SCIENCE, 1995, 267 (5196) : 360 - 362
  • [5] A HIGH-PRECISION RADIAL-VELOCITY SURVEY FOR OTHER PLANETARY SYSTEMS
    COCHRAN, WD
    HATZES, AP
    [J]. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE, 1994, 212 (1-2) : 281 - 291
  • [6] DUQUENNOY A, 1991, ASTRON ASTROPHYS, V248, P485
  • [7] EDVARDSSON B, 1993, ASTRON ASTROPHYS, V275, P101
  • [8] VARIABLE-STARS WITH THE HIPPARCOS SATELLITE
    EYER, L
    GRENON, M
    FALIN, JL
    FROESCHLE, M
    MIGNAUD, F
    [J]. SOLAR PHYSICS, 1994, 152 (01) : 91 - 96
  • [9] HATZES AP, 9TH P CAMB WORKSH
  • [10] HUNTEN DM, 1989, ORIGIN EVOLUTION PLA, P00386