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Gliese 15 Ac

Gliese 15 Ac

Subjovian planet orbiting Gliese 15 A

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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    Pinamonti, M.; Damasso, M.; Marzari, F.; Sozzetti, A.; Desidera, S.; Maldonado, J.; Scandariato, G.; Affer, L.; Lanza, A. F.; Bignamini, A.; Bonomo, A. S.; Borsa, F.; Claudi, R.; Cosentino, R.; Giacobbe, P.; González-Álvarez, E.; González Hernández, J. I.; Gratton, R.; Leto, G.; Malavolta, L.; Martinez Fiorenzano, A.; Micela, G.; Molinari, E.; Pagano, I.; Pedani, M.; Perger, M.; Piotto, G.; Rebolo, R.; Ribas, I.; et al. (2018). "The HADES RV Programme with HARPS-N at TNG. VIII. GJ15A: A multiple wide planetary system sculpted by binary interaction". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 617: A104. arXiv:1804.03476. Bibcode:2018A&A...617A.104P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201732535.
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    Brennan, Pat. "Discovery Alert: 2-planet System Is Close – and Weird". NASA. Retrieved 1 August 2020.


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