• DOI:10.1051/0004-6361:20077361
• Corpus ID: 119585936

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets IX. Exoplanets orbiting HD 100777, HD 190647, and HD 221287

@article{Naef2007TheHS,
  title={The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets IX. Exoplanets orbiting HD 100777, HD 190647, and HD 221287},
  author={Dominique Naef and Michel Mayor and W. Benz and François Bouchy and Gaspare Lo Curto and Christophe Lovis and Claire Moutou and Francesco A. Pepe and Didier Queloz and Nuno C. Santos and St{\'e}phane Udry},
  journal={Astronomy and Astrophysics},
  year={2007},
  volume={470},
  pages={721-726}
}

• D. Naef, M. Mayor, +8 authors S. Udry
• Published 6 April 2007
• Physics, Geology
• Astronomy and Astrophysics

Context. The HARPS high-resolution high-accuracy spectrograph was made available to the astronomical community in the second half of 2003. Since then, we have been using this instrument for monitoring radial velocities of a large sample of Solar-type stars ($\simeq$1400 stars) in order to search for their possible low-mass companions. Aims. Amongst the goals of our survey, one is to significantly increase the number of detected extra-solar planets in a volume-limited sample to improve our knowledge of their orbital elements distributions and thus obtain better constraints for planet-formation models. Methods. Radial-velocities were obtained from high-resolution HARPS spectra via the cross-correlation method. We then searched for Keplerian signals in the obtained radial-velocity data sets. Finally, companions orbiting our sample stars were characterised using the fitted orbital parameters. Results. In this paper, we present the HARPS radial-velocity data and orbital solutions for 3 Solar-type stars: HD 100777, HD 190647, and HD 221287. The radial-velocity data of HD 100777 is best explained by the presence of a 1.16 M Jup planetary companion on a 384-day eccentric orbit ($e = 0.36$). The orbital fit obtained for the slightly evolved star HD 190647 reveals the presence of a long-period ($P = 1038$ d) 1.9 M Jup planetary companion on a moderately eccentric orbit ($e = 0.18$). HD 221287 is hosting a 3.1 M Jup planet on a 456-day orbit. The shape of this orbit is not very well-constrained because of our non-optimal temporal coverage and because of the presence of abnormally large residuals. We find clues that these large residuals result from spectral line-profile variations probably induced by processes related to stellar activity.