Published November 10, 2026 | Version v1.0.0

ExoPlanetLab: Bayesian orbit fitting of Gaia epoch astrometry and radial velocities

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Lund Observatory, Lund University

Description

First public release of ExoPlanetLab: Bayesian orbit fitting of Gaia epoch astrometry, alone or together with radial velocities and relative astrometry.

  • Keplerian orbits (Thiele-Innes constants) fitted to Gaia DR4 epoch astrometry through the projection of the single-star fit; the single-star parameters are recovered for every posterior draw.
  • Gaussian or Student-t noise per measurement, a robust Keplerian periodogram, and ranked starting candidates.
  • Five samplers: tempered emcee, dynesty, nessai, and the reversible-jump rjmcmc and rjflow.
  • Evidence ladder for the number of companions, acceleration and scan-angle models, upper limits on undetected companions, and injection tests.
  • Run from a configuration file or the command line (epl.py), with batch and rerun tools.

The user guide is ExoPlanetLabDoc/ExoPlanetLab.pdf; the full list of changes is in CHANGELOG.md.

Notes

If you use this software, please cite it as below. A paper describing it is in preparation.

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