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Orbital inclination and mass of the exoplanet candidate Proxima c

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2020-04-08 v1 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

Abstract

We analyse the orbital parameters of the exoplanet candidate Proxima c recently discovered by Damasso et al. (2020) using a combination of its spectroscopic orbital parameters and Gaia DR2 proper motion anomaly. We obtain an orbital inclination of i=152±14degi = 152 \pm 14 \deg for the prograde solution, corresponding to a planet mass of mc=125+12 Mm_c = 12^{+12}_{-5}\ M_\oplus, comparable to Uranus or Neptune. While the derived orbital parameters are too uncertain to predict accurately the position of the planet for a given epoch, we present a map of its probability of presence relatively to its parent star in the coming years.

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@article{arxiv.2003.13106,
  title  = {Orbital inclination and mass of the exoplanet candidate Proxima c},
  author = {Pierre Kervella and Frédéric Arenou and Jean Schneider},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.13106},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 figures, Letter accepted for publication in A&A Letter on 12 March 2020