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The Pan-Pacific Planet Search. IV. Two Super-Jupiters in a 3:5 Resonance Orbiting the Giant Star HD 33844
The Astrophysical Journal
  • Robert Wittenmyer
  • John Asher Johnson
  • R. P. Butler
  • Jonathan Horner
  • Liang Wang
  • Paul Robertson
  • M. I. Jones
  • J. S. Jenkins
  • R. Brahm
  • C. G. Tinney
  • M. W. Mengel
  • Jerry D. Clark, Wright State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Abstract

We report the discovery of two giant planets orbiting the K giant HD 33844 based on radial velocity data from three independent campaigns. The planets move on nearly circular orbits with semimajor axes {a}b\=1.60+/- 0.02 AU and {a}c=2.24+/- 0.05 AU, and have minimum masses (m sin i) of {M}b=1.96+/- 0.12 {M}{{Jup}} and {M}c=1.76+/- 0.18 {M}{{Jup}}. Detailed N-body dynamical simulations show that the two planets have remained on stable orbits for more than 106 years for low eccentricities and are most likely trapped in a mutual 3:5 mean motion resonance.

DOI
10.3847/0004-637X/818/1/35
Citation Information
Robert Wittenmyer, John Asher Johnson, R. P. Butler, Jonathan Horner, et al.. "The Pan-Pacific Planet Search. IV. Two Super-Jupiters in a 3:5 Resonance Orbiting the Giant Star HD 33844" The Astrophysical Journal Vol. 818 Iss. 1 (2016) p. 35 - 42 ISSN: 0004-637X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jerry_clark/11/