The NEID Earth Twin Survey II Dynamical Masses in Seven High-acceleration Star Systems

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Authors
  • Mark R. Giovinazzi
  • Cullen H. Blake
  • Paul Robertson
  • Andrea S.J. Lin
  • Arvind F. Gupta
  • Suvrath Mahadevan
  • Jason T. Wright
  • Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi
  • Jiayin Dong
  • Rachel B. Fernandes
  • Evan Fitzmaurice
  • Samuel Halverson
  • Shubham Kanodia
  • Sarah E. Logsdon
  • Jacob K. Luhn
  • Michael W. McElwain
  • Andy Monson
  • Joe P. Ninan
  • Jayadev Rajagopal
  • Arpita Roy
  • Christian Schwab
  • Gudmundur Stefánsson ORCID logo
  • Ryan Terrien
  • Jason D. Eastman
  • Jonathan Horner
  • Peter Plavchan
  • Sharon X. Wang
  • Maurice L. Wilson
  • Robert A. Wittenmyer
Publication date 07-2025
Journal Astronomical Journal
Article number 52
Volume | Issue number 170 | 1
Number of pages 33
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract
We present a set of companion dynamical masses and orbital parameters of seven star systems from the NEID Earth Twin Survey with significant absolute astrometric accelerations between the epochs of Hipparcos and Gaia. These include four binary star systems (HD 68017 AB, 61 Cygni AB, HD 24496 AB, and HD 4614 AB) and three planetary systems (HD 217107, HD 190360, and HD 154345). Our analyses incorporate a long baseline of RVs that includes over 1100 previously unpublished measurements from NEID and MINERVA, extending the overall RV baseline for each system by ≈2.5 yr, as well as relative astrometry for the stellar binary systems where the positions of both stars are well measured. In each case, the combination of astrometry and RVs constrains the three-dimensional acceleration of the host star and enables precise dynamical masses. We publish true masses for three planets whose measurements were previously entangled with their inclinations, four stellar masses with ≲1% relative precision, and improved orbital solutions for all seven systems, including the first for HD 24496 AB. These solutions not only agree with previous estimates, but also improve their fidelity. We also explore each system for evidence of periodic signals in the residuals around our best-fit models, and discuss the potential that the three planetary systems have for being directly imaged. With dynamical mass estimates and reliable orbit ephemerides, these seven star systems represent promising benchmarks for future stellar and planetary characterization efforts, and are amenable for further improvement with the upcoming release of Gaia epoch astrometry.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/add922
Other links https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105009389894
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