The exoplanet orbit database

J. T. Wright, O. Fakhouri, G. W. Marcy, E. Han, Y. Feng, John Asher Johnson, A. W. Howard, D. A. Fischer, J. A. Valenti, J. Andersonn, N. Piskunov

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Abstract

We present a database of well-determined orbital parameters of exoplanets, and their host stars' properties. This database comprises spectroscopic orbital elements measured for 427 planets orbiting 363 stars from radial velocity and transit measurements as reported in the literature. We have also compiled fundamental transit parameters, stellar parameters, and the method used for the planets discovery. This Exoplanet Orbit Database includes all planets with robust, well measured orbital parameters reported in peer-reviewed articles. The database is available in a searchable, filterable, and sortable form online through the Exoplanets Data Explorer table, and the data can be plotted and explored through the Exoplanet Data Explorer plotter. We use the Data Explorer to generate publication-ready plots, giving three examples of the signatures of exoplanet migration and dynamical evolution: We illustrate the character of the apparent correlation between mass and period in exoplanet orbits, the different selection biases between radial velocity and transit surveys, and that the multiplanet systems show a distinct semimajor-axis distribution from apparently singleton systems.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)412-422
Number of pages11
JournalPublications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Volume123
Issue number902
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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