HD 204313 is a star with two and possibly three exoplanetary companions in the southern constellation of Capricornus. With an apparent magnitude of 7.99,[2] it is an eighth magnitude star that is too faint to be readily visible to the naked eye. The star is located at a distance of 157 light years from the Sun based on parallax measurements, but it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −10 km/s.[1]
This star was in observation by the CORALIE radial velocity planet-search program since the year 2000. In August 2009, a superjovian planetary companion was announced.[8] Two years later, a hot Neptune HD 204313 c on a 35-day orbit was announced,[9] followed by a third Jupiter-like planet candidate HD 204313 d on a 2800-day orbit, which was announced in 2012.[10] Assuming that planet d exists, planets b & d are apparently orbiting close to a 7:5 mean motion resonance, which may be stabilizing their periods.[11]
A 2015 study independently confirmed the first two discoveries, but did not detect any significant signal at the claimed period of planet d.[12] Another study in 2022 agreed with these results, in addition to finding a new planet or brown dwarf, designated HD 204313 e to differentiate it from the dubious candidate. The inclination and true mass of planets b & e were measured via astrometry.[13]
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^Mayor, M.; et al. (September 2011), "The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XXXIV. Occurrence, mass distribution and orbital properties of super-Earths and Neptune-mass planets", eprint, arXiv:1109.2497, Bibcode:2011arXiv1109.2497M