Planets Around HD160691

Revised 23 Sep 2004



The orbital fit shown as a solid line represents the radial velocity signature of two planets having periods of 645 days and 2986 days. The residuals have RMS of 4.7 m/s.

Velocity versus Time for HD160691
(Data from the AAT)


Data provided by California & Carnegie Planet Search Team


Three Planets have been reported orbiting HD160691 (Mu Arae), in these papers:

Other references


Orbital Parameters and Planet Mass
Anglo-Australian Telescope

Planet
Period
(days)
T_peri
(JD-2450000)
ecc omega
(deg)
Vel Amp, K
(m/s)
Msini
(M_jup)
a
(AU)
b 645.5 645.5 0.20 294 38 1.67 1.50
c 2986 541 0.57 161 51 3.10 4.17
Chi-squared = 1.60


Velocity changes due to planets "b" (upper panel) and "c" (lower panel) considered separately.

Stellar Characteristics

Spectral Type Mass
(M_sun)
Apparent
magnitude
Distance
(pc)
P_rot
(d)
[Fe/H]
G3 IV/V 1.08 5.15 15.3 31 +0.28

 

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