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for a combined total of 0.962 arcseconds per year.
The total proper motion is miscalculated. Using the listed RA and Dec components gives about 0.976 arcsec/yr, not 0.962.
Full reasoning
Modern catalogs put Epsilon Eridani's total proper motion at about 975 mas/yr (≈ 0.975 arcsec/yr), not 0.962 arcsec/yr.
- NASA Exoplanet Archive lists proper motion components of −975.376 mas/yr in RA and +20.2655 mas/yr in Dec, with a Total Proper Motion of 975.5865 mas/yr.
- SIMBAD likewise lists −974.758 mas/yr and +20.876 mas/yr, which also combine to about 975 mas/yr.
Even if you use the article's own rounded components (0.976 and 0.018 arcsec/yr), the combined motion is:
sqrt(0.976^2 + 0.018^2) ≈ 0.976 arcsec/yr
So 0.962 arcsec/yr is not the correct combined total.
2 sources
- eps Eri | NASA Exoplanet Archive
Total Proper Motion 975.5865066±0.5673523 mas/yr; Proper Motion (RA) -975.376000±0.567357 mas/yr; Proper Motion (Dec) 20.265500±0.556325 mas/yr.
- SIMBAD entry for eps Eri
Proper motions mas/yr : -974.758 20.876 ... A 2020yCat.1350....0G
The star has a radial velocity of +15.5 km/s (35,000 mph) (away from the Sun).
This radial-velocity value is too low. Modern cataloged values are about +16.4 km/s, not +15.5 km/s.
Full reasoning
Current reference catalogs do not support +15.5 km/s as Epsilon Eridani's heliocentric radial velocity.
- SIMBAD gives a radial velocity of 16.376 km/s with a very small quoted error, sourced to Soubiran et al. 2018.
- NASA's Exoplanet Archive compiles published stellar-parameter solutions for Epsilon Eridani with radial velocities around 16.0 ± 0.1 km/s, 16.3 km/s, and 17.3 km/s.
That means the article's +15.5 km/s figure is inconsistent with modern catalog values and is not just a rounding of the current measurement. A modern value would be approximately +16.4 km/s (or whatever specific cited source the article intends to use).
2 sources
- SIMBAD entry for eps Eri
Radial velocity / Redshift / cz : V(km/s) 16.376 [0.0001] ... A 2018A&A...616A...7S
- eps Eri | NASA Exoplanet Archive
γ (km/s) ... 17.3 ... 16.0±0.1 ... 16.3 ...