Planetary Masses and Orbital Parameters from Radial Velocity Measurements

Abstract

This chapter contains sections titled: Exoplanet Detection Radial Velocity in Astrocentric Elements Orbital Fits from Radial Velocity Curves Primary Parameters Secondary Parameters N-Body Fits Coordinate Systems and Equations of Motion Barycentric Hamiltonian Equations Jacobi Hamiltonian Formalism Poincaré Hamiltonian Formalism Generalized Orbital Elements and Delaunay Variables Comparisons Between Coordinate Systems The Conservation of the Angular Momentum