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19 April 2024

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Two New Long-Period Giant Planets from the McDonald Observatory Planet Search and Two Stars with Long-Period Radial Velocity Signals Related to Stellar Activity Cycles
Michael Endl ; Erik J. Brugamyer ; William D. Cochran ; Phillip J. MacQueen ; Paul Robertson ; Stefano Meschiari ; Ivan Ramirez ; Matthew Shetrone ; Kevin Gullikson ; Marshall C. Johnson ; Robert Wittenmyer ; Jonathan Horner ; David R. Ciardi ; Elliott Horch ; Attila E. Simon ; Steve B. Howell ; Mark Everett ; Caroline Caldwell ; Barbara G. Castanheira ;
Date:	9 Dec 2015
Abstract:	We report the detection of two new long-period giant planets orbiting the stars HD 95872 and HD 162004 (psi1 Draconis B) by the McDonald Observatory planet search. The planet HD 95872b has a minimum mass of 4.6 M_Jup and an orbital semi-major axis of 5.2 AU. The giant planet psi1 Dra Bb has a minimum mass of 1.5 M_Jup and an orbital semi-major axis of 4.4 AU. Both of these planets qualify as Jupiter analogs. These results are based on over one and a half decades of precise radial velocity measurements collected by our program using the McDonald Observatory Tull Coude spectrograph at the 2.7 m Harlan J. Smith telescope. In the case of psi1 Draconis B we also detect a long-term non-linear trend in our data that indicates the presence of an additional giant planet, similar to the Jupiter-Saturn pair. The primary of the binary star system, psi1 Dra A, exhibits a very large amplitude radial velocity variation due to another stellar companion. We detect this additional member using speckle imaging. We also report two cases - HD 10086 and HD 102870 (beta Virginis) - of significant radial velocity variation consistent with the presence of a planet, but that are probably caused by stellar activity, rather than reflexive Keplerian motion. These two cases stress the importance of monitoring the magnetic activity level of a target star, as long-term activity cycles can mimic the presence of a Jupiter-analog planet.
Source:	arXiv, 1512.2965
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