Limits on binary planets in HR 8799b, c & d

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We place the first constraints on binary planets and exomoons from Doppler monitoring of directly imaged exoplanets. We model radial velocity observations of HR 8799 b, c, and d from Ruffio+ (2021, J/AJ/162/290) and determine upper limits on the msini of short-period binary planets and satellites. At 95% confidence, we rule out companions orbiting the three planets more massive than msini=2M_J_ with orbital periods shorter than 5 days. We achieve our tightest constraints on moons orbiting HR 8799c, where with 95% confidence we rule out out edge-on Jupiter-mass companions in periods shorter than 5 days and edge-on half-Jupiter-mass moons in periods shorter than 1 day. These radial velocity observations come from spectra with resolution 20 times lower than typical radial velocity instruments and were taken using a spectrograph that was designed before the first directly imaged exoplanet was discovered. Similar data sets from new and upcoming instruments will probe significantly lower exomoon masses.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.19229002
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/922/L2
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Provenance
Creator Vanderburg A.; Rodriguez J.E.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2023
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Exoplanet Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics