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NY Vir Eclipse timing observations: Two planet solution

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2024-07-24 v2

Abstract

We report 18 new primary minima timing observations of the short-period eclipsing binary system NY Virginis. We combined these minima with previously published primary minima to update circumbinary exoplanet models in this system based on O-C timing variations. We performed a non-linear least-squares minimization search using a quadratic ephemeris and either one or two exoplanets. The only model with an acceptable fit includes a period derivative P˙=2.83×1012\dot{P} = 2.83\times10^{-12} and two planets in eccentric orbits e=0.15,0.15e = 0.15,0.15 with minimum masses 2.7 and 5.5 Jovian masses. Analysis of the orbit stability shows that this solution is stable for at least 10810^8 yr, but a small increase in eccentricity (e0.20e\geq0.20) for either planet renders the orbits unstable in less than 10610^6 years. A number of model parameters are significantly degenerate, so additional observations are required to determine planetary parameters with high statistical confidence.

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@article{arxiv.1812.01726,
  title  = {NY Vir Eclipse timing observations: Two planet solution},
  author = {Shuo Song and Xinyu Mai and Robert L. Mutel and Dvaid Pulley and George Faillace and Americo Watkins},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.01726},
  year   = {2024}
}