2025PASP..137i4401P


Query : 2025PASP..137i4401P

2025PASP..137i4401P - Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 137, part no 9, 4401 (2025/September-0)

Direct Detection of Known Exoplanets in Reflected Light: Predicting Sky Position with Literature Orbit Solutions.

PEARCE L.A., MALES J.R. and LIMBACH M.A.

Abstract (from CDS):

The next generation of ground- and space-based observatories will enable direct imaging and characterization of cold, mature planets through thermal emission and, for the first time, reflected light detection. Known RV and astrometrically detected planets provide a known population for detection and characterization observations. However, many of the most promising targets lack orbital parameters of sufficient precision to confidently predict their location on relative to the star for a direct imaging campaign. We have developed projecc, an open source Python package designed to generate sky-plane planet location posteriors from literature orbit solutions. This tool aims to facilitate community preparation for direct imaging observations of known planets. In this work we describe projecc and use it to examine two case study systems relevant to reflected light imaging with ELTs: GJ 876 b, which we find has a well-constrained prediction, and Proxima Centauri b, whose location remains highly uncertain. We provide a web app for exploring reflected light planet targets and their orbit solutions, including predictions from literature for 17 additional planets, located at https://reflected-light-planets.streamlit.app/. We also discuss future upgrades to projecc.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd on behalf of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP).

Journal keyword(s): Keplerian orbit - Orbital elements - Orbital motion - Orbits - Coronagraphic imaging - Direct imaging - Exoplanet detection methods - Exoplanets - Extrasolar rocky planets

Simbad objects: 14

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Number of rows : 14
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 NAME Teegarden's Star c Pl 02 53 00.8917932409 +16 52 52.632190137           ~ 32 0
2 NAME L 372-58d Pl 03 35 59.6991613260 -44 30 45.730830569           ~ 32 0
3 NAME AF Lep b Pl 05 27 04.7633281608 -11 54 03.466002240           ~ 75 0
4 * bet Pic b Pl 05 47 17.0876901 -51 03 59.441135           ~ 627 1
5 * bet Pic c Pl 05 47 17.0876901 -51 03 59.441135           ~ 108 0
6 TWA 7B * 10 42 30.1 -33 40 16           ~ 9 1
7 NAME Proxima Centauri b Pl 14 29 42.9461331854 -62 40 46.164680672           ~ 445 0
8 * b03 Cyg b Pl 20 14 32.0323540824 +36 48 22.700909124           ~ 22 0
9 HD 206893c Pl 21 45 21.9052532928 -12 47 00.060804636           ~ 35 0
10 * eps Ind b Pl 22 03 21.6536261624 -56 47 09.522795714           ~ 42 0
11 * eps Ind PM* 22 03 21.6536261624 -56 47 09.522795714   5.75 4.69     K5V 616 0
12 BD-15 6290c Pl 22 53 16.7325836486 -14 15 49.304052185           ~ 202 1
13 BD-15 6290b Pl 22 53 16.7325836486 -14 15 49.304052185           ~ 266 1
14 BD-15 6290 BY* 22 53 16.7325836486 -14 15 49.304052185 12.928 11.749 10.192 9.013 7.462 M3.5V 1106 1

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