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Table 1

Literature and starsim parameters for ε Eridani, and AU Microscopii, and their planetary companions.

Parameter Unit ε Eridani AU Microscopii


Literature value Ref. starsim Literature value Ref. starsim
Right ascension RA h:m:s 03:32:55.84±0.12 (1) 20:45:09.532±0.017 (1)
Declination Dec °:′:″ −09:27:29.739±0.093 (1) −31:20:27.238±0.011 (1)
Age Myr 400–800 (2) 22±3 (4)
Distance pc 3.216±0.002 (1) 39.714±0.002 (1)
μα mas a−1 −974.76±0.16 (1) 281.319±0.022 (1)
μδ mas a−1 20.88±0.I2 (1) −360.148±0.019 (1)
υ sin i km s−1 2.4±0.5 (3) 9.3±1.2 (5)
Magnitude G mag 3.4658±0.003l (1) 7.8434±0.0029 (1)

Spectral type SpT K2.0V (6) HARPS K5 mask M1.0V (16) CARMENES M1.5 mask
Stellar mass M*v M 0.82±0.05 (7) 0.8–0.9 0.50±0.03 (4) 0.45–0.55
0.847±0.042 (8)
Stellar radius R* R 0.74±0.01 (7) 0.65–0.75 0.75±0.03 (4) 0.7–0.8
0.702±0.035 (8)
Effective temperature Teff K 5076±30 (9) 4900–5300 3700±100 (4) 3550–3850
Surface gravity log g dex 4.30±0.08 (10) 4.5 (fixed) 4.39±0.03 (1) 4.5 (fixed)
Metallicity [Fe/H] −0.13±0.04 (11) 0.0 (fixed) –0.12±0.11 (17) 0.0 (fixed)
Inclination i ° 60 (12) 30–90 90 (18) 60–90
Rotation period Prot day 11.2 (3) 11–12.5 4.863±0.010 (19) 4.8–4.9
Convective blueshift CB(*) CB ~0.3 (14,15) 0.0–0.5 ~0.0 (14,15) 0.0–0.5
Differential rotation dΩ(**) 1.3 (3) 0.1–4 3.0 (20) 0.5–5
Spot temperature difference ΔΤ K 1080±670 (13) 250–1000 660±570 (13) 250–1000

Minimum mass M sin i M 210 (21) 20; 11 (22)
Orbital period day 2671 (21) 8.46; 18.86 (22)
RV semi-amplitude m s−1 ~11 ~6; ~8

Notes. (*)In units of the solar convective blueshift CB ~ −325 m s−1 (e.g. Löhner-Böttcher et al. 2018; Stief et al. 2019), (**)in units of the solar differential rotation dΩ = 3.15° day−1, assuming P⊙,min ~ 24.47 d, P⊙,max ~ 31.14 days, and dΩ = 360° (Beck 2000).

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