03-31-2022, 11:51 AM
Today a new paper that described a nearby star TZ Arietis came out. The paper finds a Saturn-massed planet in a wide, eccentric, and possibly misaligned orbit. This suggest that the star system went through planet-planet scattering. For a star with only 0.15 solar masses, it's certainly an unusual find.
The other two planets found by a previous paper were discredited.
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TZ Arietis b
Semi-major axis: 0.88 AU
Orbital period: 771.36 days
Eccentricity: 0.46
Minimum mass: 0.21 Jupiter masses
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The other two planets found by a previous paper were discredited.
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TZ Arietis b
Semi-major axis: 0.88 AU
Orbital period: 771.36 days
Eccentricity: 0.46
Minimum mass: 0.21 Jupiter masses
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