Radial velocity curve of Gliese 86
The image shows the measurements (with error bars) of the radial velocity (V r vrs. orbital phase) of Gliese 86 with the new 1.2-m Swiss telescope and the CORALIE spectrograph at La Silla. They have been "phase-folded" with a period of 15.83 days and the diagramme thus represents one revolution of the planet around the star. The fully drawn line corresponds to the best orbital solution, obtained by least-square fitting a simple two-body model (star + planet) to the data. As can be seen, the agreement is near perfect and the dispersion of the measurements around this line is very small.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | eso9855c |
Type: | Chart |
Release date: | 24 November 1998 |
Related releases: | eso9855 |
Size: | 3000 x 2662 px |
About the Object
Name: | Gilese 86 |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Binary Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
Distance: | 35 light years |
Category: | Exoplanets |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Optical | Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope CORALIE |