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| DOI | 10.1088/0004-637X/794/2/158 | ||||
| Año | 2014 | ||||
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We present new astrometry for the young (12-21 Myr) exoplanet beta Pictoris b taken with the Gemini/NICI and Magellan/MagAO instruments between 2009 and 2012. The high dynamic range of our observations allows us to measure the relative position of beta Pic b with respect to its primary star with greater accuracy than previous observations. Based on a Markov Chain Monte Carlo analysis, we find the planet has an orbital semi-major axis of 9.1(-0.5)(+5.3) AU and orbital eccentricity <0.15 at 68% confidence (with 95% confidence intervals of 8.2-48 AU and 0.00-0.82 for semi-major axis and eccentricity, respectively, due to a long narrow degenerate tail between the two). We find that the planet has reached its maximum projected elongation, enabling higher precision determination of the orbital parameters than previously possible, and that the planet's projected separation is currently decreasing. With unsaturated data of the entire beta Pic system (primary star, planet, and disk) obtained thanks to NICI's semi-transparent focal plane mask, we are able to tightly constrain the relative orientation of the circumstellar components. We find the orbital plane of the planet lies between the inner and outer disks: the position angle (P.A.) of nodes for the planet's orbit (211.8 +/- 0 degrees.3) is 7.4 sigma greater than the P. A. of the spine of the outer disk and 3.2 sigma less than the warped inner disk P. A., indicating the disk is not collisionally relaxed. Finally, for the first time we are able to dynamically constrain the mass of the primary star beta Pic to 1.76(-0.17)(+0.18) M-circle dot.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nielsen, Eric | Hombre |
Univ Hawaii - Estados Unidos
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Estados Unidos University Hawaii Institute for Astronomy - Estados Unidos |
| 2 | Merschmeyer, M. | Hombre |
Univ Hawaii - Estados Unidos
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Estados Unidos University Hawaii Institute for Astronomy - Estados Unidos |
| 3 | Wahhaj, Z. | Hombre |
ESO - Chile
European Southern Observatory Santiago - Chile Observatorio Europeo Austral - Chile |
| 4 | Biller, Beth | Mujer |
UNIV EDINBURGH - Reino Unido
University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy - Reino Unido |
| 5 | Hayward, Thomas L. | Hombre |
AURA Chile - Chile
Gemini ObservatorySouthern Operations Center - Chile |
| 6 | Males, Jared R. | Hombre |
UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos
The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos |
| 7 | Close, Laird | Hombre |
UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos
The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos |
| 8 | Morzinski, Katie | Mujer |
UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos
The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos |
| 9 | Skemer, A. | Hombre |
UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos
The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos |
| 10 | Kuchner, M. | Hombre |
NASA - Estados Unidos
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Estados Unidos |
| 11 | Rodigas, Timothy J. | Hombre |
Carnegie Inst Sci - Estados Unidos
Carnegie Institution of Washington - Estados Unidos |
| 12 | Hinz, P. | Hombre |
UNIV ARIZONA - Estados Unidos
The University of Arizona - Estados Unidos |
| 13 | Chun, Mark | Hombre |
Univ Hawaii - Estados Unidos
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Estados Unidos University Hawaii Institute for Astronomy - Estados Unidos |
| 14 | Ftaclas, Christ | Hombre |
Univ Hawaii - Estados Unidos
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Estados Unidos University Hawaii Institute for Astronomy - Estados Unidos |
| 15 | Toomey, Douglas | Hombre |
Mauna Kea Infrared LLC - Estados Unidos
Mauna Kea Infrared, LLC - Estados Unidos |
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| National Science Foundation |
| Australian Research Council |
| NSF |
| NASA |
| Science and Technology Facilities Council |
| Space Telescope Science Institute |
| National Stroke Foundation |
| NASA Origins of Solar Systems |
| Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche |
| Hubble Fellowship grant |
| Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
| Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien |
| Agradecimiento |
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| We thank Jessica Lu and Adam Kraus for helpful discussions. B.A.B. was supported in part by Hubble Fellowship grant HST-HF-01204.01-A awarded by the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by AURA for NASA under contract NAS 5-26555. This work was supported in part by NSF grants AST-0713881 and AST-0709484 awarded to M. Liu. The MagAO portion of this work is supported, in part, by the NASA Origins of Solar Systems (PI: L. Close). The Gemini Observatory is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under a cooperative agreement with the NSF on behalf of the Gemini partnership: the National Science Foundation (United States), the Science and Technology Facilities Council (United Kingdom), the National Research Council (Canada), CONICYT (Chile), the Australian Research Council (Australia), CNPq (Brazil), and CONICET (Argentina). This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France. |