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HD 183579b: a warm sub-Neptune transiting a solar twin detected by TESS.

Authors :
Gan, Tianjun
Bedell, Megan
Wang, Sharon Xuesong
Foreman-Mackey, Daniel
Meléndez, Jorge
Mao, Shude
Stassun, Keivan G
Howell, Steve B
Ziegler, Carl
Wittenmyer, Robert A
Hellier, Coel
Collins, Karen A
Shporer, Avi
Ricker, George R
Vanderspek, Roland
Latham, David W
Seager, Sara
Winn, Joshua N
Jenkins, Jon M
Addison, Brett C
Source :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Oct2021, Vol. 507 Issue 2, p2220-2240, 21p
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

We report the discovery and characterization of a transiting warm sub-Neptune planet around the nearby bright (V  = 8.75 mag, K  = 7.15 mag) solar twin HD 183579, delivered by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The host star is located 56.8 ± 0.1 pc away with a radius of R <subscript>*</subscript> = 0.97 ± 0.02  R <subscript>⊙</subscript> and a mass of M <subscript>*</subscript> = 1.03 ± 0.05  M <subscript>⊙</subscript>. We confirm the planetary nature by combining space and ground-based photometry, spectroscopy, and imaging. We find that HD 183579b (TOI-1055b) has a radius of R <subscript>p</subscript> = 3.53 ± 0.13  R <subscript>⊕</subscript> on a 17.47 d orbit with a mass of M <subscript>p</subscript> = 11.2 ± 5.4  M <subscript>⊕</subscript> (3σ mass upper limit of 27.4  M <subscript>⊕</subscript>). HD 183579b is the fifth brightest known sub-Neptune planet system in the sky, making it an excellent target for future studies of the interior structure and atmospheric properties. By performing a line-by-line differential analysis using the high-resolution and signal-to-noise ratio HARPS spectra, we find that HD 183579 joins the typical solar twin sample, without a statistically significant refractory element depletion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00358711
Volume :
507
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
152381915
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2224