| Issue |
A&A
Volume 398, Number 2, February I 2003
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | L19 - L23 | |
| Section | Letters | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021846 | |
| Published online | 21 January 2003 | |
Letter to the Editor
Evidence of a sub-stellar companion around HD 47536*
1
Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik, Freiburg(Brsg), Germany
2
Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, Tautenburg, Germany
3
European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
4
Observatoire de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
5
Observatório Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6
Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Corresponding author: J. Setiawan, setiawan@kis.uni-freiburg.de
Received:
5
November
2002
Accepted:
15
December
2002
We report evidence of a low-mass companion around the K1III giant star HD 47536.
This star belongs to our sample of 83 subgiant and giant stars studied for
their radial velocity variations using the FEROS spectrograph at the
1.52 m-ESO telescope on La Silla. We find
that the radial velocity of HD 47536 exhibits a
periodic variation of about 712 days with a semi-amplitude of 113 
.
These variations are not accompanied by variations in either Ca II
emission or in the spectral line shapes.
A Keplerian orbit due to a sub-stellar companion is thus the most
viable explanation for the radial velocity variation.
Assuming a moderate stellar mass of 
we obtain a
minimum mass for the companion of 
, an
orbital semi-major axis of 1.6–2.3 AU, and an
eccentricity of 
.
Key words: stars: late-type / stars: individual: HD 47536 / technique: radial velocities / stars: planetary systems
© ESO, 2003
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