GJ 3634 b

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GJ 3634 b
Discovery
Discovered byX. Bonfils et al.[1]
Discovery siteEuropean Southern Observatory[1]
Discovery dateFebruary 7, 2011[2]
Radial velocity method[1]
Orbital characteristics
0.0287 (± 0.0011)[3] AU
Eccentricity0.08[3]
2.64561 d
Inclination59 +18
−24[3]
StarGJ 3634
Physical characteristics
Mass8.4+4.0
−1.5[3] ME
Temperature565 K (292 °C; 557 °F)[4]

GJ 3634 b (sometimes Gliese 3634 b) is a

Astronomy and Astrophysics
on February 8, 2011.

Characteristics

Mass, radius and temperature

GJ 3634 b is estimated to be 8.4 times the mass of Earth,

equilibrium temperature
of 565 K (292 °C; 557 °F).

Host star

Main article: GJ 3634

light years) away from Earth, a relatively close star.[1] GJ 3634 b is the only planet to have been confirmed in the star's orbit, although initial analysis of the data suggests that a secondary body of an unknown nature may also exist, with an orbit of more than 200 days and a mass at least twice that of Neptune's.[1]

The star was first catalogued in 1987, and was referenced on no more than five other occasions between its discovery and that of GJ 3634 b.[1] It was included in the preliminary edition of the 3rd Gliese–Jahreiß catalogue, which documents stars within twenty parsecs of Earth.

GJ 3634 has an apparent magnitude of 11.95. It cannot be seen with the naked eye.[3]

Orbit

The planet has a very short orbital period, and circles its host star every 2.64561 days at a distance of 0.0287 AU. GJ 3634 b has an eccentricity of 0.08, giving it a mostly circular orbit.[3] In comparison, planet Mercury lies 0.387 AU from the Sun, orbits every 87.97 days, and has an orbital eccentricity of 0.2056.[6]

Discovery

GJ 3634 b was one of a sample of over 300 very-low-mass stars targeted by astronomers in search of planets that may orbit such stars. Using the

transited, or crossed in front of, their host stars as seen from Earth.[1]

The search for GJ 3634 b started with a single exposure taken with HARPS on March 25, 2009. The results helped verify that GJ 3634 was an ideal target for a planet search using the

false positives when searching for transiting planets. GJ 3634 was observed two weeks later for ten consecutive nights. Analysis of the resulting data found that the radial velocity variations most likely indicated the existence of a planet.[1]

Having discovered the planet, the astronomers worked to discover a transit event using the Infrared Array Camera of the Spitzer Space Telescope, as ground-based observations could prove difficult if GJ 3634 b was a rocky planet. While the observations did not suggest that GJ 3634 b transited its star, a few orbital parameters were discovered, yielding the planet's true mass, which cannot be collected solely by radial velocity measurements.[1]

The discovery of GJ 3634 b was reported in the journal

Astronomy and Astrophysics on February 8, 2011. GJ 3634 b was the first planet discovered by the astronomers after adopting their new strategy, despite their failure to find a transit event for the planet.[1]

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 204933219. Archived
    from the original on 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  2. ^ Jean Schneider (2011). "Interactive Extra-solar Planets Catalogue (Candidates detected by radial velocity or astrometry)". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Jean Schneider (2011). "Notes for star GJ 3634". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2021-11-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Riedel, A. R.; Subasavage, J. P.; Finch, C. T.; Jao, W. C.; Henry, T. J.; Winters, J. G.; Brown, M. A.; Ianna, P. A.; Costa, E.; Mendez, R. A. (2010). "The Solar Neighborhood. XXII. Parallax Results from the CTIOPI 0.9 m Program: Trigonometric Parallaxes of 64 Nearby Systems with 0.′′5 ≤ μ ≤ 1.′′0 yr−1 (SLOWMO Sample)".
    S2CID 119183935
    .
  6. ^ David Williams (17 November 2010). "Mercury Fact Sheet". Goddard Space Flight Center. NASA. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2011.

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