A Celestial Cubic
The paper shows how to use a simple mathematical model for estimation of the mass and orbital radius of an unseen extra-solar planet when the radial velocity of the planet in a circular orbit is known from observations. The star and the planet interact gravitationally, every orbit the center of mass of the star-planet system. The spectrometers detect the Doppler shifts. The values of these shifts determine the radial velocity of the star relative to the Earth. The problem of the definition of the relative planetary mass leads to a cubic equation, which is called ``a celestial cubic. Using the program ``Mathematica, an explicit solution of this equation can be obtained. The author suggests to use the simple approximation method for the solution of the equation since the relative planetary mass of \(x=m/M\) is much smaller than \(1\) (\(m\) is the mass of the planet, \(M\) is the mass of the star). As an example, the 51 Pegasi data are presented. The case of two planets with masses \(m_1\) and \(m_2\) revolving in circular orbits around the star is considered, too.
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