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1. A temperate Earth-sized planet with tidal heating transiting an M6 star

Author

Merrin S. Peterson, Björn Benneke, Karen Collins, Caroline Piaulet, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Mohamad Ali-Dib, Jessie L. Christiansen, Jonathan Gagné, Jackie Faherty, Edwin Kite, Courtney Dressing, David Charbonneau, Felipe Murgas, Marion Cointepas, Jose Manuel Almenara, Xavier Bonfils, Stephen Kane, Michael W. Werner, Varoujan Gorjian, Pierre-Alexis Roy, Avi Shporer, Francisco J. Pozuelos, Quentin Jay Socia, Ryan Cloutier, Jeremy Dietrich, Jonathan Irwin, Lauren Weiss, William Waalkes, Zach Berta-Thomson, Thomas Evans, Daniel Apai, Hannu Parviainen, Enric Pallé, Norio Narita, Andrew W. Howard, Diana Dragomir, Khalid Barkaoui, Michaël Gillon, Emmanuel Jehin, Elsa Ducrot, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, Akihiko Fukui, Mayuko Mori, Taku Nishiumi, Kiyoe Kawauchi, George Ricker, David W. Latham, Joshua N. Winn, Sara Seager, Howard Isaacson, Alex Bixel, Aidan Gibbs, Jon M. Jenkins, Jeffrey C. Smith, Jose Perez Chavez, Benjamin V. Rackham, Thomas Henning, Paul Gabor, Wen-Ping Chen, Nestor Espinoza, Eric L. N. Jensen, Kevin I. Collins, Richard P. Schwarz, Dennis M. Conti, Gavin Wang, John F. Kielkopf, Shude Mao, Keith Horne, Ramotholo Sefako, Samuel N. Quinn, Dan Moldovan, Michael Fausnaugh, Gábor Fűűrész, and Thomas Barclay

Subjects
Multidisciplinary
Published
2023

2. TESS-Keck Survey XIV: Two giant exoplanets from the Distant Giants Survey

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Judah Van Zandt, Erik A. Petigura, Mason MacDougall, Gregory J. Gilbert, Jack Lubin, Thomas Barclay, Natalie M. Batalha, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Courtney Dressing, Benjamin Fulton, Andrew W. Howard, Daniel Huber, Howard Isaacson, Stephen R. Kane, Paul Robertson, Arpita Roy, Lauren M. Weiss, Aida Behmard, Corey Beard, Ashley Chontos, Fei Dai, Paul A. Dalba, Tara Fetherolf, Steven Giacalone, Christopher E. Henze, Michelle L. Hill, Lea A. Hirsch, Rae Holcomb, Steve B. Howell, Jon M. Jenkins, David W. Latham, Andrew Mayo, Ismael Mireles, Teo Močnik, Joseph M. Akana Murphy, Daria Pidhorodetska, Alex S. Polanski, George R. Ricker, Lee J. Rosenthal, Ryan A. Rubenzahl, S. Seager, Nicholas Scarsdale, Emma V. Turtelboom, Roland Vanderspek, and Joshua N. Winn

Subjects
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Space and Planetary Science, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

We present the Distant Giants Survey, a three-year radial velocity campaign to measure P(DG∣CS), the conditional occurrence of distant giant planets (DG; M p ∼ 0.3–13 M J, P > 1 yr) in systems hosting a close-in small planet (CS; R p < 10 R ⊕). For the past two years, we have monitored 47 Sun-like stars hosting small transiting planets detected by TESS. We present the selection criteria used to assemble our sample and report the discovery of two distant giant planets, TOI-1669 b and TOI-1694 c. For TOI-1669 b we find that M sin i = 0.573 ± 0.074 M J , P = 502 ± 16 days, and e < 0.27, while for TOI-1694 c, M sin i = 1.05 ± 0.05 M J , P = 389.2 ± 3.9 days, and e = 0.18 ± 0.05. We also confirmed the 3.8 days transiting planet TOI-1694 b by measuring a true mass of M = 26.1 ± 2.2 M ⊕. At the end of the Distant Giants Survey, we will incorporate TOI-1669 b and TOI-1694 c into our calculation of P(DG∣CS), a crucial statistic for understanding the relationship between outer giants and small inner companions.

Published
2022

3. The UV-SCOPE mission: ultraviolet spectroscopic characterization of planets and their environments

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David Ardila, Evgenya Shkolnik, John Ziemer, Mark Swain, James Owen, Michael Line, Parke Loyd, Glenn R. Sellar, Travis Barman, Courtney Dressing, William Frazier, April D. Jewell, Robert J. Kinsey, Carl C. Liebe, Joshua Lothringer, Luz Maria Martinez-Sierra, James McGuire, Victoria Meadows, Ruth Murray-Clay, Shouleh Nikzad, Sarah Peacock, Hilke Schlichting, David Sing, Kevin Stevenson, Yen-Hung Wu, DenHerder, JWA, Nikzad, S, and Nakazawa, K

Subjects
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

UV-SCOPE is a mission concept to determine the causes of atmospheric mass loss in exoplanets, investigate the mechanisms driving aerosol formation in hot Jupiters, and study the influence of the stellar environment on atmospheric evolution and habitability. As part of these investigations, the mission will generate a broad-purpose legacy database of time-domain ultraviolet (UV) spectra for nearly 200 stars and planets. The observatory consists of a 60 cm, f/10 telescope paired to a long-slit spectrograph, yielding simultaneous, almost continuous coverage between 1203 {\AA} and 4000 {\AA}, with resolutions ranging from 6000 to 240. The efficient instrument provides throughputs > 4% (far-UV; FUV) and > 15% (near-UV; NUV), comparable to HST/COS and much better than HST/STIS, over the same spectral range. A key design feature is the LiF prism, which serves as a dispersive element and provides high throughput even after accounting for radiation degradation. The use of two delta-doped Electron-Multiplying CCD detectors with UV-optimized, single-layer anti-reflection coatings provides high quantum efficiency and low detector noise. From the Earth-Sun second Lagrangian point, UV-SCOPE will continuously observe planetary transits and stellar variability in the full FUV-to-NUV range, with negligible astrophysical background. All these features make UV-SCOPE the ideal instrument to study exoplanetary atmospheres and the impact of host stars on their planets. UV-SCOPE was proposed to NASA as a Medium Explorer (MidEx) mission for the 2021 Announcement of Opportunity. If approved, the observatory will be developed over a 5-year period. Its primary science mission takes 34 months to complete. The spacecraft carries enough fuel for 6 years of operations., Comment: 12 pages, 7 figures, 1 table. Conference presentation, 17 July 2022, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Montreal, Canada

Published
2022

5. A Second Planet Transiting LTT 1445A and a Determination of the Masses of Both Worlds

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Jennifer G. Winters, Ryan Cloutier, Amber A. Medina, Jonathan M. Irwin, David Charbonneau, Nicola Astudillo-Defru, Xavier Bonfils, Andrew W. Howard, Howard Isaacson, Jacob L. Bean, Andreas Seifahrt, Johanna K. Teske, Jason D. Eastman, Joseph D. Twicken, Karen A. Collins, Eric L. N. Jensen, Samuel N. Quinn, Matthew J. Payne, Martti H. Kristiansen, Alton Spencer, Andrew Vanderburg, Mathias Zechmeister, Lauren M. Weiss, Sharon Xuesong Wang, Gavin Wang, Stéphane Udry, Ivan A. Terentev, Julian Stürmer, Gudmundur Stefánsson, Avi Shporer, Stephen Shectman, Ramotholo Sefako, Hans Martin Schwengeler, Richard P. Schwarz, Nicholas Scarsdale, Ryan A. Rubenzahl, Arpita Roy, Lee J. Rosenthal, Paul Robertson, Erik A. Petigura, Francesco Pepe, Mark Omohundro, Joseph M. Akana Murphy, Felipe Murgas, Teo Močnik, Benjamin T. Montet, Ronald Mennickent, Andrew W. Mayo, Bob Massey, Jack Lubin, Christophe Lovis, Pablo Lewin, David Kasper, Stephen R. Kane, Jon M. Jenkins, Daniel Huber, Keith Horne, Michelle L. Hill, Paula Gorrini, Steven Giacalone, Benjamin Fulton, Thierry Forveille, Pedro Figueira, Tara Fetherolf, Courtney Dressing, Rodrigo F. Díaz, Xavier Delfosse, Paul A. Dalba, Fei Dai, C. C. Cortés, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Jeffrey D. Crane, Dennis M. Conti, Kevin I. Collins, Ashley Chontos, R. Paul Butler, Peyton Brown, Madison Brady, Aida Behmard, Corey Beard, Natalie M. Batalha, Jose-Manuel Almenara, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), Departamento de Matemática y Fı́sica Aplicadas [Concepcion] (DMFA), Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción (UCSC), Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Science & Technology Facilities Council, University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy, and University of St Andrews. St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science

Subjects
STELLAR ACTIVITY, FOS: Physical sciences, SUPER-EARTH, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, EARTH-SIZED PLANET, HARPS, NEARBY, QB Astronomy, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, QC, TERRESTRIAL PLANET, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, QB, MCC, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), RADIAL-VELOCITIES, ERROR-CORRECTION, M DWARFS, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3rd-DAS, QC Physics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], SYSTEM, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

LTT 1445 is a hierarchical triple M-dwarf star system located at a distance of 6.86 parsecs. The primary star LTT 1445A (0.257 M_Sun) is known to host the transiting planet LTT 1445Ab with an orbital period of 5.4 days, making it the second closest known transiting exoplanet system, and the closest one for which the host is an M dwarf. Using TESS data, we present the discovery of a second planet in the LTT 1445 system, with an orbital period of 3.1 days. We combine radial velocity measurements obtained from the five spectrographs ESPRESSO, HARPS, HIRES, MAROON-X, and PFS to establish that the new world also orbits LTT 1445A. We determine the mass and radius of LTT 1445Ab to be 2.87+/-0.25 M_Earth and 1.304^{+0.067}_{-0.060} R_Earth, consistent with an Earth-like composition. For the newly discovered LTT 1445Ac, we measure a mass of 1.54^{+0.20}_{-0.19} M_Earth and a minimum radius of 1.15 R_Earth, but we cannot determine the radius directly as the signal-to-noise of our light curve permits both grazing and non-grazing configurations. Using MEarth photometry and ground-based spectroscopy, we establish that star C (0.161 M_Sun) is likely the source of the 1.4-day rotation period, and star B (0.215 M_Sun) has a likely rotation period of 6.7 days. We estimate a probable rotation period of 85 days for LTT 1445A. Thus, this triple M-dwarf system appears to be in a special evolutionary stage where the most massive M dwarf has spun down, the intermediate mass M dwarf is in the process of spinning down, while the least massive stellar component has not yet begun to spin down., Comment: Accepted to the Astronomical Journal. 4 tables, 10 figures; RV table available upon request

Published
2022

6. TESS-Keck Survey. IX. Masses of Three Sub-Neptunes Orbiting HD 191939 and the Discovery of a Warm Jovian plus a Distant Substellar Companion

Author

Jack Lubin, Judah Van Zandt, Rae Holcomb, Lauren M. Weiss, Erik A Petigura, Paul Robertson, Joseph M. Akana Murphy, Nicholas Scarsdale, Konstantin Batygin, Alex S. Polanski, Natalie M. Batalha, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Courtney Dressing, Benjamin Fulton, Andrew W. Howard, Daniel Huber, Howard Isaacson, Stephen R. Kane, Arpita Roy, Corey Beard, Sarah Blunt, Ashley Chontos, Fei Dai, Paul A. Dalba, Kaz Gary, Steven Giacalone, Michelle L. Hill, Andrew Mayo, Teo Močnik, Molly R. Kosiarek, Malena Rice, Ryan A. Rubenzahl, David W. Latham, S. Seager, and Joshua N. Winn

Subjects
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

Exoplanet systems with multiple transiting planets are natural laboratories for testing planetary astrophysics. One such system is HD 191939 (TOI-1339), a bright (V=9) and Sun-like (G9V) star, which TESS found to host three transiting planets (b, c, and d). The planets have periods of 9, 29, and 38 days each with similar sizes from 3 to 3.4 $R_{\oplus}$. To further characterize the system, we measured the radial velocity (RV) of HD 191939 over 415 days with Keck/HIRES and APF/Levy. We find that $M_b = 10.4 \pm 0.9 M_{\oplus}$ and $M_c = 7.2 \pm 1.4 M_{\oplus}$, which are low compared to most known planets of comparable radii. The RVs yield only an upper-limit on $M_d$ (, Comment: 20 pages, 10 figures. Accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal

Published
2022

7. The TESS-Keck Survey. XIII. An Eccentric Hot Neptune with a Similar-Mass Outer Companion around TOI-1272

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Mason G. MacDougall, Erik A. Petigura, Tara Fetherolf, Corey Beard, Jack Lubin, Isabel Angelo, Natalie M. Batalha, Aida Behmard, Sarah Blunt, Casey Brinkman, Ashley Chontos, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Fei Dai, Paul A. Dalba, Courtney Dressing, Benjamin Fulton, Steven Giacalone, Michelle L. Hill, Andrew W. Howard, Daniel Huber, Howard Isaacson, Stephen R. Kane, Molly Kosiarek, Andrew Mayo, Teo Močnik, Joseph M. Akana Murphy, Daria Pidhorodetska, Alex Polanski, Malena Rice, Paul Robertson, Lee J. Rosenthal, Arpita Roy, Ryan A. Rubenzahl, Nicholas Scarsdale, Emma V. Turtelboom, Dakotah Tyler, Judah Van Zandt, Lauren M. Weiss, Emma Esparza-Borges, Akihiko Fukui, Keisuke Isogai, Kiyoe Kawauchi, Mayuko Mori, Felipe Murgas, Norio Narita, Taku Nishiumi, Enric Palle, Hannu Parviainen, Noriharu Watanabe, Jon M. Jenkins, David W. Latham, George R. Ricker, S. Seager, Roland K. Vanderspek, Joshua N. Winn, Allyson Bieryla, Douglas A. Caldwell, Diana Dragomir, M. M. Fausnaugh, Ismael Mireles, and David R. Rodriguez

Subjects
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Space and Planetary Science, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

We report the discovery of an eccentric hot Neptune and a non-transiting outer planet around TOI-1272. We identified the eccentricity of the inner planet, with an orbital period of 3.3 d and $R_{\rm p,b} = 4.1 \pm 0.2$ $R_\oplus$, based on a mismatch between the observed transit duration and the expected duration for a circular orbit. Using ground-based radial velocity measurements from the HIRES instrument at the Keck Observatory, we measured the mass of TOI-1272b to be $M_{\rm p,b} = 25 \pm 2$ $M_\oplus$. We also confirmed a high eccentricity of $e_b = 0.34 \pm 0.06$, placing TOI-1272b among the most eccentric well-characterized sub-Jovians. We used these RV measurements to also identify a non-transiting outer companion on an 8.7-d orbit with a similar mass of $M_{\rm p,c}$ sin$i= 27 \pm 3$ $M_\oplus$ and $e_c \lesssim 0.35$. Dynamically stable planet-planet interactions have likely allowed TOI-1272b to avoid tidal eccentricity decay despite the short circularization timescale expected for a close-in eccentric Neptune. TOI-1272b also maintains an envelope mass fraction of $f_{\rm env} \approx 11\%$ despite its high equilibrium temperature, implying that it may currently be undergoing photoevaporation. This planet joins a small population of short-period Neptune-like planets within the "Hot Neptune Desert" with a poorly understood formation pathway., Comment: Accepted at The Astronomical Journal; 17 pages, 11 figures

Published
2022
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8. TOI-1136 is a Young, Coplanar, Aligned Planetary System in a Pristine Resonant Chain

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Fei Dai, Kento Masuda, Corey Beard, Paul Robertson, Max Goldberg, Konstantin Batygin, Luke Bouma, Jack J. Lissauer, Emil Knudstrup, Simon Albrecht, Andrew W. Howard, Heather A. Knutson, Erik A. Petigura, Lauren M. Weiss, Howard Isaacson, Martti Holst Kristiansen, Hugh Osborn, Songhu Wang, Xian-Yu Wang, Aida Behmard, Michael Greklek-McKeon, Shreyas Vissapragada, Natalie M. Batalha, Casey L. Brinkman, Ashley Chontos, Ian Crossfield, Courtney Dressing, Tara Fetherolf, Benjamin Fulton, Michelle L. Hill, Daniel Huber, Stephen R. Kane, Jack Lubin, Mason MacDougall, Andrew Mayo, Teo Močnik, Joseph M. Akana Murphy, Ryan A. Rubenzahl, Nicholas Scarsdale, Dakotah Tyler, Judah Van Zandt, Alex S. Polanski, Hans Martin Schwengeler, Ivan A. Terentev, Paul Benni, Allyson Bieryla, David Ciardi, Ben Falk, E. Furlan, Eric Girardin, Pere Guerra, Katharine M. Hesse, Steve B. Howell, J. Lillo-Box, Elisabeth C. Matthews, Joseph D. Twicken, Joel Villaseñor, David W. Latham, Jon M. Jenkins, George R. Ricker, Sara Seager, Roland Vanderspek, and Joshua N. Winn

Subjects
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Space and Planetary Science, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

Convergent disk migration has long been suspected to be responsible for forming planetary systems with a chain of mean-motion resonances (MMR). Dynamical evolution over time could disrupt the delicate resonant configuration. We present TOI-1136, a 700-Myr-old G star hosting at least 6 transiting planets between $\sim$2 and 5 $R_\oplus$. The orbital period ratios deviate from exact commensurability by only $10^{-4}$, smaller than the $\sim$\,$10^{-2}$ deviations seen in typical Kepler near-resonant systems. A transit-timing analysis measured the masses of the planets (3-8$M_\oplus$) and demonstrated that the planets in TOI-1136 are in true resonances with librating resonant angles. Based on a Rossiter-McLaughlin measurement of planet d, the star's rotation appears to be aligned with the planetary orbital planes. The well-aligned planetary system and the lack of detected binary companion together suggest that TOI-1136's resonant chain formed in an isolated, quiescent disk with no stellar fly-by, disk warp, or significant axial asymmetry. With period ratios near 3:2, 2:1, 3:2, 7:5, and 3:2, TOI-1136 is the first known resonant chain involving a second-order MMR (7:5) between two first-order MMR. The formation of the delicate 7:5 resonance places strong constraints on the system's migration history. Short-scale (starting from $\sim$0.1 AU) Type-I migration with an inner disk edge is most consistent with the formation of TOI-1136. A low disk surface density ($\Sigma_{\rm 1AU}\lesssim10^3$g~cm$^{-2}$; lower than the minimum-mass solar nebula) and the resultant slower migration rate likely facilitated the formation of the 7:5 second-order MMR. TOI-1136's deep resonance suggests that it has not undergone much resonant repulsion during its 700-Myr lifetime. One can rule out rapid tidal dissipation within a rocky planet b or obliquity tides within the largest planets d and f., Comment: 48 pages, 23 figures, 8 tables. Accepted to AAS journals. Comments welcome!

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2022
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9. TOI 560: Two Transiting Planets Orbiting a K Dwarf Validated with iSHELL, PFS, and HIRES RVs

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Mohammed El Mufti, Peter P. Plavchan, Howard Isaacson, Bryson L. Cale, Dax L. Feliz, Michael A. Reefe, Coel Hellier, Keivan Stassun, Jason Eastman, Alex Polanski, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Eric Gaidos, Veselin Kostov, Justin M. Wittrock, Joel Villaseñor, Joshua E. Schlieder, Luke G. Bouma, Kevin I. Collins, Farzaneh Zohrabi, Rena A. Lee, Ahmad Sohani, John Berberian, David Vermilion, Patrick Newman, Claire Geneser, Angelle Tanner, Natalie M. Batalha, Courtney Dressing, Benjamin Fulton, Andrew W. Howard, Daniel Huber, Stephen R. Kane, Erik A. Petigura, Paul Robertson, Arpita Roy, Lauren M. Weiss, Aida Behmard, Corey Beard, Ashley Chontos, Fei Dai, Paul A. Dalba, Tara Fetherolf, Steven Giacalone, Michelle L. Hill, Lea A. Hirsch, Rae Holcomb, Jack Lubin, Andrew Mayo, Teo Močnik, Joseph M. Akana Murphy, Lee J. Rosenthal, Ryan A. Rubenzahl, Nicholas Scarsdale, Christopher Stockdale, Karen Collins, Ryan Cloutier, Howard Relles, Thiam-Guan Tan, Nicholas J Scott, Zach Hartman, Elisabeth Matthews, David R. Ciardi, Erica Gonzales, Rachel A. Matson, Charles Beichman, Allyson Bieryla, E. Furlan, Crystal L. Gnilka, Steve B. Howell, Carl Ziegler, César Briceño, Nicholas Law, Andrew W. Mann, Markus Rabus, Marshall C. Johnson, Jessie Christiansen, Laura Kreidberg, David Anthony Berardo, Drake Deming, Varoujan Gorjian, Farisa Y. Morales, Björn Benneke, Diana Dragomir, Robert A. Wittenmyer, Sarah Ballard, Brendan P. Bowler, Jonathan Horner, John Kielkopf, Huigen Liu, Avi Shporer, C. G. Tinney, Hui Zhang, Duncan J. Wright, Brett C. Addison, Matthew W. Mengel, and Jack Okumura

Subjects
Space and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Abstract

We validate the presence of a two-planet system orbiting the 0.15–1.4 Gyr K4 dwarf TOI 560 (HD 73583). The system consists of an inner moderately eccentric transiting mini-Neptune (TOI 560 b, P = 6.3980661 − 0.0000097 + 0.0000095 days, e = 0.294 − 0.062 + 0.13 , M = 0.94 − 0.23 + 0.31 M Nep ) initially discovered in the Sector 8 Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission observations, and a transiting mini-Neptune (TOI 560 c, P = 18.8805 − 0.0011 + 0.0024 days, M = 1.32 − 0.32 + 0.29 M Nep ) discovered in the Sector 34 observations, in a rare near-1:3 orbital resonance. We utilize photometric data from TESS Spitzer, and ground-based follow-up observations to confirm the ephemerides and period of the transiting planets, vet false-positive scenarios, and detect the photoeccentric effect for TOI 560 b. We obtain follow-up spectroscopy and corresponding precise radial velocities (RVs) with the iSHELL spectrograph at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility and the HIRES Spectrograph at Keck Observatory to validate the planetary nature of these signals, which we combine with published Planet Finder Spectrograph RVs from the Magellan Observatory. We detect the masses of both planets at >3σ significance. We apply a Gaussian process (GP) model to the TESS light curves to place priors on a chromatic RV GP model to constrain the stellar activity of the TOI 560 host star, and confirm a strong wavelength dependence for the stellar activity demonstrating the ability of near-IR RVs to mitigate stellar activity for young K dwarfs. TOI 560 is a nearby moderately young multiplanet system with two planets suitable for atmospheric characterization with the James Webb Space Telescope and other upcoming missions. In particular, it will undergo six transit pairs separated by

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2022

10. The Large UV / Optical / Infrared Surveyor (LUVOIR) Telling the Story of Life in the Universe

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Aki Roberge, Debra Fischer, Bradley Peterson, Jacob Bean, Daniela Calzetti, Rebekah Dawson, Courtney Dressing, Lee Feinberg, Kevin France, Olivier Guyon, Walter Harris, Mark Marley, Victoria Meadows, Leonidas Moustakas, John O'Meara, Ilaria Pascucci, Marc Postman, Laurent Pueyo, David Redding, Jane Rigby, David Schiminovich, Britney Schmidt, Karl Stapelfeldt, Christopher Stark, and Jason Tumlinson

Subjects
Engineering, business.industry, Infrared, Observatory, Extraterrestrial life, Astronomy, Schedule (project management), Surveyor, Project management, business, Exoplanet
Abstract

The Large UV/Optical/IR Surveyor (LUVOIR) is a concept for a guest observer-driven observatory that will revolutionize astrophysics, solar system studies, and exoplanet science. This WP summarizes parts of the study Final Report, including science goals, concept designs, key technology needs, development schedule, and project management.

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2021

11. Kepler-22b: a 2.4 Earth-radius Planet in the Habitable Zone of a Sun-like Star

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William J. Borucki, David G. Koch, Natalie Batalha, Stephen T. Bryson, Jason Rowe, Francois Fressin, Guillermo Torres, Douglas A. Caldwell, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, William D. Cochran, Edna DeVore, Thomas N. Gautier, John C. Geary, Ronald Gilliland, Alan Gould, Steve B. Howell, Jon M. Jenkins, David W. Latham, Jack J. Lissauer, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Dimitar Sasselov, Alan Boss, David Charbonneau, David Ciardi, Lisa Kaltenegger, Laurance Doyle, Andrea K. Dupree, Eric B. Ford, Jonathan Fortney, Matthew J. Holman, Jason H. Steffen, Fergal Mullally, Martin Still, Jill Tarter, Sarah Ballard, Lars A. Buchhave, Josh Carter, Jessie L. Christiansen, Brice-Olivier Demory, Jean-Michel Désert, Courtney Dressing, Michael Endl, Daniel Fabrycky, Debra Fischer, Michael R. Haas, Christopher Henze, Elliott Horch, Andrew W. Howard, Howard Isaacson, Hans Kjeldsen, John Asher Johnson, Todd Klaus, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Thomas Barclay, Jie Li, Søren Meibom, Andrej Prsa, Samuel N. Quinn, Elisa V. Quintana, Paul Robertson, William Sherry, Avi Shporer, Peter Tenenbaum, Susan E. Thompson, Joseph D. Twicken, Jeffrey Van Cleve, William F. Welsh, Sarbani Basu, William Chaplin, Andrea Miglio, Steven D. Kawaler, Torben Arentoft, Dennis Stello, Travis S. Metcalfe, Graham A. Verner, Christoffer Karoff, Mia Lundkvist, Mikkel N. Lund, Rasmus Handberg, Yvonne Elsworth, Saskia Hekker, Daniel Huber, Timothy R. Bedding, William Rapin, and Low Energy Astrophysics (API, FNWI)

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Physics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Kepler-22b, 520 Astronomy, Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Radius, Earth radius, Orbit, Photometry (astronomy), Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Planet, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Kepler-62e, Circumstellar habitable zone, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

A search of the time-series photometry from NASA's Kepler spacecraft reveals a transiting planet candidate orbiting the 11th magnitude G5 dwarf KIC 10593626 with a period of 290 days. The characteristics of the host star are well constrained by high-resolution spectroscopy combined with an asteroseismic analysis of the Kepler photometry, leading to an estimated mass and radius of 0.970 +/- 0.060 MSun and 0.979 +/- 0.020 RSun. The depth of 492 +/- 10ppm for the three observed transits yields a radius of 2.38 +/- 0.13 REarth for the planet. The system passes a battery of tests for false positives, including reconnaissance spectroscopy, high-resolution imaging, and centroid motion. A full BLENDER analysis provides further validation of the planet interpretation by showing that contamination of the target by an eclipsing system would rarely mimic the observed shape of the transits. The final validation of the planet is provided by 16 radial velocities obtained with HIRES on Keck 1 over a one year span. Although the velocities do not lead to a reliable orbit and mass determination, they are able to constrain the mass to a 3{\sigma} upper limit of 124 MEarth, safely in the regime of planetary masses, thus earning the designation Kepler-22b. The radiative equilibrium temperature is 262K for a planet in Kepler-22b's orbit. Although there is no evidence that Kepler-22b is a rocky planet, it is the first confirmed planet with a measured radius to orbit in the Habitable Zone of any star other than the Sun., Comment: Accepted to ApJ

Published
2012

12. Astro2020 Science White Paper The Need for Laboratory Measurements and Ab Initio Studies to Aid Understanding of Exoplanetary Atmospheres

Author

Jonathan Fortney, Robinson, Tyler D., Shawn Domagal-Goldman, Del Genio, Anthony D., Gordon, Iouli E., Ehsan Gharib-Nezhad, Nikole Lewis, Clara Sousa-Silva, Vladimir Airapetian, Brian Drouin, Hargreaves, Robert J., Xinchuan Huang, Tijs Karman, Ramirez, Ramses M., Rieker, Gregory B., Jonathan Tennyson, Robin Wordsworth, Yurchenko, Sergei N., Johnson, Alexandria V., Lee, Timothy J., Chuanfei Dong, Stephen Kane, Mercedes Lopez-Morales, Thomas Fauchez, Timothy Lee, Marley, Mark S., Keeyoon Sung, Nader Haghighipour, Tyler Robinson, Sarah Horst, Peter Gao, Der-You Kao, Courtney Dressing, Roxana Lupu, Daniel Wolf Savin, Benjamin Fleury, Olivia Venot, Daniela Ascenzi, Stefanie Milam, Harold Linnartz, Murthy Gudipati, Guillaume Gronoff, Farid Salama, Lisseth Gavilan, Jordy Bouwman, Martin Turbet, Yves Benilan, Bryana Henderson, Natalie Batalha, Rebecca Jensen-Clem, Timothy Lyons, Richard Freedman, Edward Schwieterman, Jayesh Goyal, Luigi Mancini, Patrick Irwin, Jean-Michel Desert, Karan Molaverdikhani, John Gizis, Jake Taylor, Joshua Lothringer, Raymond Pierrehumbert, Robert Zellem, Natasha Batalha, Sarah Rugheimer, Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, Renyu Hu, Eliza Kempton, Giada Arney, Mike Line, Munazza Alam, Julianne Moses, Nicolas Iro, Laura Kreidberg, Jasmina Blecic, Tom Louden, Paul Molliere, Kevin Stevenson, Mark Swain, Kimberly Bott, Nikku Madhusudhan, Joshua Krissansen-Totton, Drake Deming, Irina Kitiashvili, Evgenya Shkolnik, Zafar Rustamkulov, Leslie Rogers, Laird Close, and Venot, Olivia

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[SDU.ASTR] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]

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