Table · dataset · 2018
Radial velocity for Ross 128
Listed in IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory)
After that a new technique combining high-contrast imaging and high-dispersion spectroscopy successfully detected the atmosphere of a giant planet, it soon became contemplated as one of the most promising avenues to study the atmosphere of Earth-size worlds.
Description
With the forthcoming ELTs, it shall gain the angular resolution and sensitivity to even detect O2 in the atmosphere of planets orbiting red dwarfs. This is a strong motivation to make the census of planets around cool stars which habitable zones can be resolved by ELTs, i.e. for M dwarfs within ~5-parsecs.
In that context, our HARPS survey is already a major contributor to that sample of nearby planets. Here we report on our radial-velocity observations of Ross 128 (Proxima Virginis, GJ447, HIP 57548), a M4 dwarf just 3.4-parsec away from our Sun. We detect it is host of an exo-Earth with a projected mass m*sini=1.35M_{sun}_ and an orbital period of 9.9-days.
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Ross 128 b receives ~1.38 as much flux as Earth from the Sun and has an equilibrium temperature between 269K (resp. 213K) for an Earth-like (resp. Venus-like) albedo. According to recent studies, it is located at the inner edge of the so called habitable zone.
An 80-day long light curve performed by K2 during campaign C01 excludes Ross 128 b is a transiting planet. Together with ASAS photometry and other activity indices, it argues for a long rotational period and a weak activity which, in the context of habitability, gives a high merit to the detection. Today, Ross 128 b is the second closest known exo-Earth after Proxima Centauri b (1.3 parsec) and the closest known temperate planet around a quiet star.
At maximum elongation, the planet-star angular separation of 15 milli-arcsec will be resolved by the ELT (>3{lambda}/D) in all optical bands of O_2_.
Links
Where it is published
- Reference page cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/613/A25 ↗
landing page · from IVOA Registry
Documentation and papers
- ADS 2018A&A...613A..25B ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018A%26A...613A..25B ↗
publication · from IVOA Registry
Catalogue records · 2
- VOResource record dc.g-vo.org/oai.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=ivo_vor&identifier=ivo%3… ↗
metadata API · from IVOA Registry
- Registry record (GAVO) dc.g-vo.org/I/cds.vizier/j/a%2Ba/613/a25 ↗
catalogue entry · from IVOA Registry
Topics
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Inferred from text
- Imaging 75%
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory) | ivo://cds.vizier/j/a+a/613/a25 | 14 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| access_level | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:imaging | enrichment · IVOA Registry | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| description | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_description |
| license_text | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_title |
| updated_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 |