Gliese 15 Ac

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Gliese 15 Ac
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Artist's impression of a Neptune-type exoplanet like Gliese 15 Ac.
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Pinamonti et al.
Discovery site HARPS-N
Discovery dateApril 2018
Radial velocity
Designations
Groombridge 34 Ac, GX Andromedae c
Orbital characteristics
5.4+1.0
−0.9
AU [1]
Eccentricity 0.27+0.28
−0.19
[1]
7600+2200
−1700
d [1]
−58.40+100.80
−53.30
[1] [2]
Semi-amplitude 2.5+1.3
−1.0
[1]
Star Groombridge 34 A
Physical characteristics
Mass 36+25
−18
M🜨 [1]

    Gliese 15 Ac (also known as Groombridge 34 Ac, GX Andromedae c) is an exoplanet orbiting the nearby red dwarf star Gliese 15 A (Groombridge 34 A, GX Andromedae), which is part of a binary star system located about 11.6 light-years [3] from the Sun. The planet was first proposed in October 2017 using radial velocity data from the CARMENES spectrograph, combined with measurements from the HARPS and HIRES spectrographs, [4] and its existence was confirmed in April 2018 using HARPS-N data. [1] It has a minimum mass 36 times that of Earth and orbits at around 5.4 astronomical units with a period of 7,600 days (21 years), an orbit which may have been sculpted by interaction with the companion star, Gliese 15 B. [1] [5] As of 2020, Gliese 15 Ac is the longest-period sub-Jovian planet discovered by radial velocity. [1] [2]

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