The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XV. Six long-period giant planets around BD?-17 0063, HD?20868, HD?73267, HD?131664, HD?145377, and HD?153950

摘要

We report the discovery of six new substellar companions of main-sequence stars, detected by multiple Doppler measurements with the instrument HARPS installed on the ESO 3.6m telescope, La Silla, Chile. These extrasolar planets orbit the stars BD-17 0063, HD20868, HD73267, HD131664, HD145377, and HD153950. The orbital characteristics that reproduce the observed data are presented, as well as the stellar and planetary parameters. Masses of the companions range from2 to 18Jupiter masses, and periods range from 100 to 2000days. The observational data are carefully analysed for activity-induced effects, and we conclude that the observed radial velocity variations are of exoplanetary origin. Of particular interest is the very massive planet (or brown-dwarf companion) orbiting the metal-rich HD131664 with and a 5.34-year orbital period. These new discoveries are consistent with the observed statistical properties of exoplanet samples known so far.Key words: stars: planetary systems - techniques: radial velocities - techniques: spectroscopic - stars: general