Radial velocities of HD 142022

Our radial velocities reveal evidence of a planetary companion with an orbital period P=1928^+53^_-39^d, an eccentricity e=0.53^+0.23^_-0.18_, and a velocity semiamplitude K=92^+102^_-29_m/s.

The inferred companion minimum mass is M_2_sin{i}=5.1^+2.6^_-1.5_M_Jup_ and the semimajor axis a=3.03+/-0.05AU. Only one full orbital revolution has been monitored yet, and the periastron passage could not be observed since the star was too low on the horizon. The eccentricity and velocity semiamplitude remain therefore quite uncertain and the orbital solution is preliminary.