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Detection and characterization of an ultra-dense sub-Neptunian planet orbiting the Sun-like star K2-292★
(EDP Sciences, 2019-03-14) Luque, R.; Nowak, G.; Pallé, E.; Dai, F.; Kaminski, A.; Nagel, E.; Hidalgo, D.; Bauer, F. F.; Lafarga, M.; Livingston, J.; Barragán, O.; Hirano, T.; Fridlund, M.; Gandolfi, D.; Justesen, A. B.; Hjorth, M.; Van Eylen, V.; Winn, J. N.; Esposito, M.; Morales, J. C.; Albrecht, S.; Alonso, R.; Amado, P. J.; Beck, P.; Caballero, J. A.; Cabrera, J.; Cochran, W. D.; Csizmadia, Sz.; Deeg, H.; Eigmuller, Ph.; Endl, M.; Erikson, A.; Fukui, A.; Grziwa, S.; Guenther, E. W.; Hatzes, A. P.; Knudstrup, E.; Korth, J.; Lam, K. W. F.; Lund, M. N.; Mathur, S.; Montañés Rodríguez, P.; Narita, N.; Nespral, D.; Niraula, P.; Pätzold, M.; Persson, C. M.; Prieto Arranz, J.; Quirrenbach, A.; Rauer, H.; Redfield, S.; Reiners, A.; Ribas, I.; Smith, A. M. S.; European Research Council (ERC); Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF); Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA); Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
We present the discovery and characterization of a new transiting planet from Campaign 17 of the Kepler extended mission K2. The planet K2-292 b is a warm sub-Neptune on a 17 day orbit around a bright (V = 9.9 mag) solar-like G3 V star with a mass and radius of M⋆ = 1.00 ± 0.03 M⊙ and R⋆ = 1.09 ± 0.03 R⊙, respectively. We modeled simultaneously the K2 photometry and CARMENES spectroscopic data and derived a radius of Rp=2.63−0.10+0.12 R⊕ and mass of Mp=24.5−4.4+4.4 M⊕, yielding a mean density of ρp=7.4−1.5+1.6 g cm−3, which makes it one of the densest sub-Neptunian planets known to date. We also detected a linear trend in the radial velocities of K2-292 (γ˙RV = −0.40−0.07+0.07 m s−1 d−1) that suggests a long-period companion with a minimum mass on the order of 33 M⊕. If confirmed, it would support a formation scenario of K2-292 b by migration caused by Kozai-Lidov oscillations.
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Mass determinations of the three mini-Neptunes transiting TOI-125
(Oxford Academics: Oxford University Press, 2020-01-23) Nielsen, L. D.; Gandolfi, D.; Armstrong, D. J.; Jenkins, J. S.; Fridlund, M.; Santos, N. C.; Dai, F.; Adibekyan, V.; Luque, R.; Steffen, J. H.; Esposito, M.; Meru, F.; Sabotta, S.; Bolmont, É.; Kossakowski, D.; Otegi, J. F.; Murgas Alcaino, F.; Stalport, M.; Rodler, F.; Díaz, M. R.; Kurtovic, N. T.; Ricker, G.; Vanderspek, R.; Latham, D. W.; Seager, S.; Winn, J. N.; Jenkins, J. M.; Allart, R.; Almenara, J. M.; Barrado, D.; Barros, S. C. C.; Bayliss, D.; Berdiñas, Z. M.; Boisse, I.; Bouchy, F.; Boyd, P.; Brown, D. J. A.; Bryant, E. M.; Burke, C. J.; Cochran, W. D.; Cooke, B. F.; Demangeon, O. D. S.; Díaz, R. F.; Dittman, J.; Dorn, C.; Dumusque, X.; García, R. A.; González Cuesta, L.; Georgieva, I.; Guerrero, N.; Hatzes, A. P.; Helled, R.; Henze, C. E.; Hojjatpanah, S.; Korth, J.; Lam, K. W. F.; Lillo Box, J.; López, T. A.; Livingston, J.; Mathur, S.; Mousis, O.; Narita, N.; Osborn, Hugh P.; Pallé, E.; Peña Rojas, P. A.; Persson, C. M.; Quinn, S. N.; Rauer, H.; Redfield, S.; Santerne, A.; Dos Santos, L. A.; Seidel, J. V.; Sousa, S. G.; Ting, E. B.; Turbet, M.; Udry, S.; Vanderburg, A.; Van Eylen, V.; Vines, J. I.; Wheatley, P. J.; Wilson, P. A.; Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (FONDECYT); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF); Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); European Southern Observatory (ESO); Swiss National Centre of Competence inResearch (NCCR); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT); European Research Council (ERC); Vanderburg, A. [0000-0001-7246-5438]; Dos Santos, L. [0000-0002-2248-3838]; Barrado, D. [0000-0002-5971-9242]; Cochran, W. [0000-0001-9662-3496]; Lillo Box, J. [0000-0003-3742-1987]; Barros, S. [0000-0003-2434-3625]; Stalport, M. [0000-0003-0996-6402]; Dorn, C. [0000-0001-6110-4610]; Nielsen, L. D. [0000-0002-5254-2499]; Seidel, J. V. [0000-0002-7990-9596]; Diaz, M. R. [0000-0002-2100-3257]; Bolmont, E. [0000-0001-5657-4503]; Adibekyan, V. [0000-0002-0601-6199]; Van Eylen, V. [0000-0001-5542-8870]; Armstrong, D. [0000-0002-5080-4117]; Korth, J. [0000-0002-0076-6239]; Díaz, R. [0000-0001-9289-5160]; Santos, N. [0000-0003-4422-2919]; Luque, R. [0000-0002-4671-2957]; Turbet, M. [0000-0003-2260-9856]; Mathur, S. [0000-0002-0129-0316]; Strom, P. A. [0000-0002-7823-1090]; Sabotta, S. [0000-0001-9078-5574]; Wheatley, P. [0000-0003-1452-2240]; Hojjatpanah, S. [0000-0002-0417-1902]; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS, is currently carrying out an all-sky search for small planets transiting bright stars. In the first year of the TESS survey, a steady progress was made in achieving the mission's primary science goal of establishing bulk densities for 50 planets smaller than Neptune. During that year, the TESS's observations were focused on the southern ecliptic hemisphere, resulting in the discovery of three mini-Neptunes orbiting the star T01-125, a V = 11,0 KO dwarf. We present intensive HARPS radial velocity observations, yielding precise mass measurements for TO1-125b, TOI-125c, and TOI-125d. TOI-125b has an orbital period of 4,65 d, a radius of 2,726 + 0,075 RE, a mass of 9,50 0,88 ME, and is near the 2:1 mean motion resonance with TOI-125c at 9.15 d. TOI-125c has a similar radius of 2,759 0.10 RE and a mass of 6,63 + 0,99 ME, being the puffiest of the three planets. T01-125d has an orbital period of 19,98 d and a radius of 2.93 + 0,17 RE and mass 13,6 1,2 ME, For T01-125b and d, we find unusual high eccentricities of 0.19 0.04 and 0.17+(c):(!,(, respectively. Our analysis also provides upper mass limits for the two low-SNR planet candidates in the system; for T01-125.04 (Rp = 1.36 RE, P = 0.53 d), we find a 2a upper mass limit of 1.6 ME, whereas T01-125.05 (RP = 4.2-'2E44 RE, P = 13.28 d) is unlikely a viable planet candidate with an upper mass limit of 2.7 ME. We discuss the internal structure of the three confirmed planets, as well as dynamical stability and system architecture for this intriguing exoplanet system.
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The EChO science case
(Springer Link, 2015-11-29) Tinetti, G.; Drossart, P.; Eccleston, P.; Hartogh, P.; Isaak, K.; Linder, M.; Lovis, C.; Micela, G.; Olliver, M.; Puig, L.; Ribas, I.; Schrader, J. R.; Scholz, A.; Watkins, C.; Maillard, J. P.; Abreu, M.; Glasse, A.; Testi, L.; Doel, P.; Magnes, W.; Licandro Goldaracena, J.; Wawer, P.; Zapatero Osorio, M. R.; Decin, L.; Sánz Forcada, J.; Vakili, F.; Aylward, A.; Swain, M.; Sozzetti, A.; Filacchione, G.; Delgado Mena, E.; Read, P.; Lognonné, P.; Irshad, R.; Coates, A.; Cecchi Pestellini, C.; Thrastarson, H.; Brown, L.; Guillot, T.; Strazzulla, G.; Barstow, J. K.; Budaj, J.; Morgante, G.; Pietrzak, R.; Leconte, J.; Hersant, F.; De Sio, A.; Grassi, D.; Selsis, F.; Jarchow, C.; Fouqué, P.; Del Vecchio, C.; Tennyson, J.; Cassan, A.; Fernández Hernández, Maite; Burleigh, M. R.; Cordier, D.; De Witt, J.; Pagano, I.; Ray, T.; Gambicorti, L.; Palla, F.; Maldonado, J.; Biondi, D.; Eiroa, C.; Winek, W.; Ade, P.; Villaver, E.; Temple, J.; Gear, W.; Thompson, S.; Dominic, C.; Galand, M.; Focardi, M.; Cockell, C.; Pace, E.; Dorfi, E.; Bryson, I.; Cavarroc, C.; Pilat Lohinger, E.; Smith, A.; Eymet, V.; MacTavish, C.; Morales, J. C.; Gómez, H.; Stamper, R.; Esposito, M.; Andersen, A.; Azzollini, R.; Maxted, P.; Allende Prieto, C.; Nelson, R.; Gillon, M.; Achilleos, N.; Buchhave, L. A.; Fabrizio, N.; Ciaravella, A.; Claudi, R.; Damasso, M.; Bordé, P.; Figueira, P.; Rickman, H.; Rees, J. M.; Sitek, P.; Fossey, S.; Bakos, G.; Pascale, E.; Laken, B.; Soret, L.; Femenía Castella, B.; Allard, F.; Amado, P. J.; Luzzi, D.; Colomé, J.; Galand, M.; Lammer, H.; Bonford, B.; López Valverde, M. A.; Kerins, E.; Yung, Y.; Espinoza Contreras, M.; Irwin, P.; Herrero, E.; Wright, G.; Guàrdia, J.; Banaszkiewicz, M.; Hoogeeven, R.; Alcala, J.; Guio, P.; Koskinen, T.; Barton, E. J.; Piskunov, N.; Maurin, A. S.; Leto, G.; Boisse, I.; Claret, A.; Massi, F.; Kervella, P.; Börne, P.; Heiter, U.; Hargrave, P.; Fletcher, L.; Sánchez Béjar, V. J.; Bézard, B.; Cabral, A.; Michaut, C.; Winter, B.; Sousa, S.; Giuranna, M.; Batista, V.; Frith, J.; Ballerini, P.; López Morales, M.; Monteiro, M.; Tingley, B. W.; Lanza, N.; Maggio, A.; Lundgaard Rasmussen, I.; Altieri, F.; Covino, E.; Coustenis, A.; Heredero, R. L.; Watson, D.; Coudé du Foresto, V.; Liu, S. J.; Sicardy, B.; Deeg, H. J.; Moses, J.; Rodler, F.; Lithgow Bertelloni, C.; Demangeon, O.; Adybekian, V.; Fletcher, L.; Swinyard, B.; Morales Calderón, M.; Fouqué, P.; Deroo, P.; Lo Cicero, Ugo; Hueso, R.; Iro, N.; González Merino, B.; López Puertas, M.; Capria, M. T.; Danielski, C.; Branduardi Raymont, G.; Luntzer, A.; Gaulme, P.; Bulgarelli, A.; Parmentier, V.; Gerard, J. 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The discovery of almost two thousand exoplanets has revealed an unexpectedly diverse planet population. We see gas giants in few-day orbits, whole multi-planet systems within the orbit of Mercury, and new populations of planets with masses between that of the Earth and Neptune—all unknown in the Solar System. Observations to date have shown that our Solar System is certainly not representative of the general population of planets in our Milky Way. The key science questions that urgently need addressing are therefore: What are exoplanets made of? Why are planets as they are? How do planetary systems work and what causes the exceptional diversity observed as compared to the Solar System? The EChO (Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory) space mission was conceived to take up the challenge to explain this diversity in terms of formation, evolution, internal structure and planet and atmospheric composition. This requires in-depth spectroscopic knowledge of the atmospheres of a large and well-defined planet sample for which precise physical, chemical and dynamical information can be obtained. In order to fulfil this ambitious scientific program, EChO was designed as a dedicated survey mission for transit and eclipse spectroscopy capable of observing a large, diverse and well-defined planet sample within its 4-year mission lifetime. The transit and eclipse spectroscopy method, whereby the signal from the star and planet are differentiated using knowledge of the planetary ephemerides, allows us to measure atmospheric signals from the planet at levels of at least 10−4 relative to the star. This can only be achieved in conjunction with a carefully designed stable payload and satellite platform. It is also necessary to provide broad instantaneous wavelength coverage to detect as many molecular species as possible, to probe the thermal structure of the planetary atmospheres and to correct for the contaminating effects of the stellar photosphere. This requires wavelength coverage of at least 0.55 to 11 μm with a goal of covering from 0.4 to 16 μm. Only modest spectral resolving power is needed, with R ~ 300 for wavelengths less than 5 μm and R ~ 30 for wavelengths greater than this. The transit spectroscopy technique means that no spatial resolution is required. A telescope collecting area of about 1 m2 is sufficiently large to achieve the necessary spectro-photometric precision: for the Phase A study a 1.13 m2 telescope, diffraction limited at 3 μm has been adopted. Placing the satellite at L2 provides a cold and stable thermal environment as well as a large field of regard to allow efficient time-critical observation of targets randomly distributed over the sky. EChO has been conceived to achieve a single goal: exoplanet spectroscopy. The spectral coverage and signal-to-noise to be achieved by EChO, thanks to its high stability and dedicated design, would be a game changer by allowing atmospheric composition to be measured with unparalleled exactness: at least a factor 10 more precise and a factor 10 to 1000 more accurate than current observations. This would enable the detection of molecular abundances three orders of magnitude lower than currently possible and a fourfold increase from the handful of molecules detected to date. Combining these data with estimates of planetary bulk compositions from accurate measurements of their radii and masses would allow degeneracies associated with planetary interior modelling to be broken, giving unique insight into the interior structure and elemental abundances of these alien worlds. EChO would allow scientists to study exoplanets both as a population and as individuals. The mission can target super-Earths, Neptune-like, and Jupiter-like planets, in the very hot to temperate zones (planet temperatures of 300–3000 K) of F to M-type host stars. The EChO core science would be delivered by a three-tier survey. The EChO Chemical Census: This is a broad survey of a few-hundred exoplanets, which allows us to explore the spectroscopic and chemical diversity of the exoplanet population as a whole. The EChO Origin: This is a deep survey of a subsample of tens of exoplanets for which significantly higher signal to noise and spectral resolution spectra can be obtained to explain the origin of the exoplanet diversity (such as formation mechanisms, chemical processes, atmospheric escape). The EChO Rosetta Stones: This is an ultra-high accuracy survey targeting a subsample of select exoplanets. These will be the bright “benchmark” cases for which a large number of measurements would be taken to explore temporal variations, and to obtain two and three dimensional spatial information on the atmospheric conditions through eclipse-mapping techniques. If EChO were launched today, the exoplanets currently observed are sufficient to provide a large and diverse sample. The Chemical Census survey would consist of > 160 exoplanets with a range of planetary sizes, temperatures, orbital parameters and stellar host properties. Additionally, over the next 10 years, several new ground- and space-based transit photometric surveys and missions will come on-line (e.g. NGTS, CHEOPS, TESS, PLATO), which will specifically focus on finding bright, nearby systems. The current rapid rate of discovery would allow the target list to be further optimised in the years prior to EChO’s launch and enable the atmospheric characterisation of hundreds of planets.
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The GAPS Programme at TNG XXI. A GIARPS case study of known young planetary candidates: confirmation of HD 285507 b and refutation of AD Leonis b
(EDP Sciences, 2020-05-29) Carleo, I.; Malavolta, L.; Lanza, A. F.; Damasso, M.; Desidera, S.; Borsa, F.; Mallonn, M.; Pinamonti, M.; Gratton, R.; Alei, E.; Benatti, S.; Mancini, L.; Maldonado, J.; Biazzo, K.; Esposito, M.; Frustagli, G.; González Álvarez, E.; Micela, G.; Scandariato, G.; Sozzatti, A.; Affer, L.; Bignamini, A.; Bonomo, A. S.; Claudi, R.; Cosentino, R.; Covino, E.; Fiorenzano, A. F. M.; Giacobbe, P.; Harutyunyan, A.; Leto, G.; Maggio, A.; Molinari, E.; Nascimbeni, V.; Pagano, I.; Pedani, M.; Piotto, G.; Poretti, E.; Rainer, M.; Redfield, S.; Baffa, C.; Baruffolo, A.; Buschschacher, N.; Billoti, V.; Cecconi, M.; Falcini, G.; Fantinel, D.; Fini, L.; Galli, A.; Ghedina, A.; Ghinassi, F.; Giani, E.; Guerra, J.; Hernández Díaz, M.; Hernández, N.; Luzzolino, M.; Lodi, M.; Oliva, E.; Origlia, L.; Pérez Ventura, H.; Puglisi, A.; Riverol, C.; Riverol, L.; San Juan, J.; Sanna, N.; Scuderi, S.; Seemann, U.; Sozzi, M.; Tozzi, P.; González Hernández, Carmen; Jimeno González, María; Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI); European Commission (EC); Claudi, R. [0000-0001-7707-5105]; Leto, G. [0000-0002-0040-5011]; Piotto, G. [0000-0002-9937-6387]; Bonomo, A. S. [0000-0002-6177-198X]; Sozzetti, A. [0000-0002-7504-365X]; Biazzo, K. [0000-0002-1892-2180]; Ghedina, A. [0000-0003-4702-5152]; Damasso, M. [0000-0001-9984-4278]; Cosentino, R. [0000-0003-1784-1431]; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
Context. The existence of hot Jupiters is still not well understood. Two main channels are thought to be responsible for their current location: a smooth planet migration through the protoplanetary disk or the circularization of an initial highly eccentric orbit by tidal dissipation leading to a strong decrease in the semimajor axis. Different formation scenarios result in different observable effects, such as orbital parameters (obliquity and eccentricity) or frequency of planets at different stellar ages. Aims. In the context of the GAPS Young Objects project, we are carrying out a radial velocity survey with the aim of searching and characterizing young hot-Jupiter planets. Our purpose is to put constraints on evolutionary models and establish statistical properties, such as the frequency of these planets from a homogeneous sample. Methods. Since young stars are in general magnetically very active, we performed multi-band (visible and near-infrared) spectroscopy with simultaneous GIANO-B + HARPS-N (GIARPS) observing mode at TNG. This helps in dealing with stellar activity and distinguishing the nature of radial velocity variations: stellar activity will introduce a wavelength-dependent radial velocity amplitude, whereas a Keplerian signal is achromatic. As a pilot study, we present here the cases of two known hot Jupiters orbiting young stars: HD 285507 b and AD Leo b. Results. Our analysis of simultaneous high-precision GIARPS spectroscopic data confirms the Keplerian nature of the variation in the HD 285507 radial velocities and refines the orbital parameters of the hot Jupiter, obtaining an eccentricity consistent with a circular orbit. Instead, our analysis does not confirm the signal previously attributed to a planet orbiting AD Leo. This demonstrates the power of the multi-band spectroscopic technique when observing active stars.
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The GAPS programme at TNG XXII. The GIARPS view of the extended helium atmosphere of HD 189733 b accounting for stellar activity
(EDP Sciences, 2020-07-07) Guilluy, G.; Andretta, V.; Borsa, F.; Giacobbe, P.; Sozzetti, A.; Covino, E.; Bourrier, V.; Fossati, L.; Bonomo, A. S.; Esposito, M.; Giampapa, M. S.; Harutyunyan, A.; Rainer, M.; Brogi, M.; Bruno, G.; Claudi, R.; Frustagli, G.; Lanza, A. F.; Mancini, L.; Pino, L.; Poretti, E.; Scandariato, G.; Affer, L.; Baffa, C.; Baruffolo, A.; Benatti, S.; Biazzo, K.; Bignamini, A.; Boschin, W.; Carleo, I.; Cecconi, M.; Cosentino, R.; Damasso, M.; Desidera, S.; Falcini, G.; Martínez Fiorenzano, A. F.; Ghedina, A.; González Álvarez, E.; Guerra, J.; Hernández, N.; Leto, G.; Maggio, A.; Malavolta, L.; Maldonado, J.; Micela, G.; Molinari, E.; Nascimbeni, V.; Pagano, I.; Pedani, M.; Piotto, G.; Reiners, A.; Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI); Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF); European Research Council (ERC); Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); Claudi, R. [orcid.org/0000-0001-7707-5105]; Leto, G. [orcid.org/0000-0002-0040-5011]; Ghedina, A. [orcid.org/0000-0003-4702-5152]; Pino, L. [orcid.org/0000-0002-1321-8856]; Damaso, M. [orcid.org/0000-0001-9984-4278]; Cosentino, R. [orcid.org/0000-0003-1784-1431]; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
Context. Exoplanets orbiting very close to their parent star are strongly irradiated. This can lead the upper atmospheric layers to expand and evaporate into space. The metastable helium (He I) triplet at 1083.3 nm has recently been shown to be a powerful diagnostic to probe extended and escaping exoplanetary atmospheres. Aims. We perform high-resolution transmission spectroscopy of the transiting hot Jupiter HD 189733 b with the GIARPS (GIANO-B + HARPS-N) observing mode of the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, taking advantage of the simultaneous optical+near infrared spectral coverage to detect He I in the planet’s extended atmosphere and to gauge the impact of stellar magnetic activity on the planetary absorption signal. Methods. Observations were performed during five transit events of HD 189733 b. By comparison of the in-transit and out-of-transit GIANO-B observations, we computed high-resolution transmission spectra. We then used them to perform equivalent width measurements and carry out light-curves analyses in order to consistently gauge the excess in-transit absorption in correspondence with the He I triplet. Results. We spectrally resolve the He I triplet and detect an absorption signal during all five transits. The mean in-transit absorption depth amounts to 0.75 ± 0.03% (25σ) in the core of the strongest helium triplet component. We detect night-to-night variations in the He I absorption signal likely due to the transit events occurring in the presence of stellar surface inhomogeneities. We evaluate the impact of stellar-activity pseudo-signals on the true planetary absorption using a comparative analysis of the He I 1083.3 nm (in the near-infrared) and the Hα (in the visible) lines. Using a 3D atmospheric code, we interpret the time series of the He I absorption lines in the three nights not affected by stellar contamination, which exhibit a mean in-transit absorption depth of 0.77 ± 0.04% (19σ) in full agreement with the one derived from the full dataset. In agreement with previous results, our simulations suggest that the helium layers only fill part of the Roche lobe. Observations can be explained with a thermosphere heated to ~12 000 K, expanding up to ~1.2 planetary radii, and losing ~1 g s−1 of metastable helium. Conclusions. Our results reinforce the importance of simultaneous optical plus near infrared monitoring when performing high-resolution transmission spectroscopy of the extended and escaping atmospheres of hot planets in the presence of stellar activity.
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Three planets transiting the evolved star EPIC 249893012: A hot 8.8-M super-Earth and two warm 14.7 and 10.2-M sub-Neptunes
(EDP Sciences, 2020-04-24) Hidalgo, D.; Pallé, E.; Alonso, R.; Gandolfi, D.; Fridlund, M.; Nowak, G.; Luque, R.; Hirano, T.; Justesen, A. B.; Cochran, W. D.; Barragán, O.; Spina, L.; Rodler, F.; Albrecht, S.; Anderson, D.; Amado, P. J.; Bryant, E.; Caballero, J. A.; Cabrera, J.; Csizmadia, Sz.; Dai, F.; De Leon, J.; Deeg, H. J.; Eigmuller, Ph.; Endl, M.; Erikson, A.; Esposito, M.; Figueira, P.; Georgieva, I.; Grziwa, S.; Guenther, E. W.; Hatzes, A. P.; Hjorth, M.; Hoeijmakers, H. J.; Kabath, P.; Korth, J.; Kuzuhara, M.; Lafarga, M.; Lampón, M.; Leao, I. C.; Livingston, J.; Mathur, S.; Montañés Rodríguez, P.; Morales, J. C.; Murgas Alcaino, F.; Nagel, E.; Narita, N.; Nielsen, L. D.; Patzold, M.; Persson, C. M.; Prieto Arranz, J.; Quirrenbach, A.; Rauer, H.; Redfield, S.; Reiners, A.; Ribas, I.; Smith, A. M. S.; Subjak, J.; Van Eylen, V.; Wilson, P. A.; Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO); Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI); Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST); Hidalgo, D. [0000-0002-7340-6963]; Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MDM-2017-0737
We report the discovery of a new planetary system with three transiting planets, one super-Earth and two sub-Neptunes, that orbit EPIC 249893012, a G8 IV-V evolved star ( M ? = 1.05 0.05 M fi, R ? = 1.71 0.04 R fi, Te ff = 5430 85 K). The star is just leaving the main sequence. We combined K2 photometry with IRCS adaptive-optics imaging and HARPS, HARPS-N, and CARMENES highprecision radial velocity measurements to confirm the planetary system, determine the stellar parameters, and measure radii, masses, and densities of the three planets. With an orbital period of 3:5949+0:0007 0:0007 days, a mass of 8:75+1:09 1:08 M , and a radius of 1:95+0:09 0:08 R , the inner planet b is compatible with nickel-iron core and a silicate mantle ( b = 6:39+1:19 1:04 g cm 3). Planets c and d with orbital periods of 15:624+0:001 0:001 and 35:747+0:005 0:005 days, respectively, have masses and radii of 14:67+1;84 1:89 M and 3:67+0:17 0:14 R and 10:18+2:46 2:42 M and 3:94+0:13 0:12 R , respectively, yielding a mean density of 1:62+0:30 0:29 and 0:91+0:25 0:23 g cm 3, respectively. The radius of planet b lies in the transition region between rocky and gaseous planets, but its density is consistent with a rocky composition. Its semimajor axis and the corresponding photoevaporation levels to which the planet has been exposed might explain its measured density today. In contrast, the densities and semimajor axes of planets c and d suggest a very thick atmosphere. The singularity of this system, which orbits a slightly evolved star that is just leaving the main sequence, makes it a good candidate for a deeper study from a dynamical point of view.