Observing exoplanets from the planet Earth: how our revolution around the Sun affects the detection of 1-year periods

Abstract

We analysed a selected sample of exoplanets with orbital periods close to 1 year to study the effects of the spectral window on the data, affected by the 1 cycle/year aliasing due to the Earth motion around the Sun. We pointed out a few cases where a further observational effort would largely improve the reliability of the orbital solutions.

Contribution to the Focus Point on "Highlights of Planetary Science in Italy" edited by P. Cerroni, E. Dotto, P. Paolicchi