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HD 28185 Revisited: An Outer Planet, Instead of a Brown Dwarf, On a Saturn-like Orbit

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2024-10-21 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

As exoplanet surveys reach ever-higher sensitivities and durations, planets analogous to the solar system giant planets are increasingly within reach. HD 28185 is a Sun-like star known to host a msini=6MJm\sin i=6 M_J planet on an Earth-like orbit; more recently, a brown dwarf with a more distant orbit has been claimed. In this work we present a comprehensive reanalysis of the HD 28185 system, based on 22 years of radial velocity observations and precision Hipparcos-Gaia astrometry. We confirm the previous characterisation of HD 28185 b as a temperate giant planet, with its 385.920.07+0.06385.92^{+0.06}_{-0.07} day orbital period giving it an Earth-like incident flux. In contrast, we substantially revise the parameters of HD 28185 c; with a new mass of m=6.0±0.6MJm=6.0\pm0.6 M_J we reclassify this companion as a super-jovian planet. HD 28185 c has an orbital period of 24.91.1+1.324.9^{+1.3}_{-1.1} years, a semi-major axis of 8.500.26+0.298.50^{+0.29}_{-0.26} AU, and a modest eccentricity of 0.15±0.040.15\pm0.04, resulting in one of the most Saturn-like orbits of any known exoplanet. HD 28185 c lies at the current intersection of detection limits for RVs and direct imaging, and highlights how the discovery of giant planets at \approx10 AU separations is becoming increasingly routine.

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@article{arxiv.2410.14218,
  title  = {HD 28185 Revisited: An Outer Planet, Instead of a Brown Dwarf, On a Saturn-like Orbit},
  author = {Alexander Venner and Qier An and Chelsea X. Huang and Timothy D. Brandt and Robert A. Wittenmyer and Andrew Vanderburg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.14218},
  year   = {2024}
}

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17 pages, 8 figures, 7 tables. Published in MNRAS