2021AJ....161..161D


Query : 2021AJ....161..161D

2021AJ....161..161D - Astron. J., 161, 161-161 (2021/April-0)

Precise transit and radial-velocity characterization of a resonant pair: the warm Jupiter TOI-216c and eccentric warm Neptune TOI-216b.

DAWSON R.I., HUANG C.X., BRAHM R., COLLINS K.A., HOBSON M.J., JORDAN A., DONG J., KORTH J., TRIFONOV T., ABE L., AGABI A., BRUNI I., BUTLER R.P., BARBIERI M., COLLINS K.I., CONTI D.M., CRANE J.D., CROUZET N., DRANSFIELD G., EVANS P., ESPINOZA N., GAN T., GUILLOT T., HENNING T., LISSAUER J.J., JENSEN E.L.N., MARIE SAINTE W., MEKARNIA D., MYERS G., NANDAKUMAR S., RELLES H.M., SARKIS P., TORRES P., SHECTMAN S., SCHMIDER F.-X., SHPORER A., STOCKDALE C., TESKE J., TRIAUD A.H.M.J., WANG S.X., ZIEGLER C., RICKER G., VANDERSPEK R., LATHAM D.W., SEAGER S., WINN J., JENKINS J.M., BOUMA L.G., BURT J.A., CHARBONNEAU D., LEVINE A.M., McDERMOTT S., McLEAN B., ROSE M.E., VANDERBURG A. and WOHLER B.

Abstract (from CDS):

TOI-216 hosts a pair of warm, large exoplanets discovered by the TESS mission. These planets were found to be in or near the 2:1 resonance, and both of them exhibit transit timing variations (TTVs). Precise characterization of the planets' masses and radii, orbital properties, and resonant behavior can test theories for the origins of planets orbiting close to their stars. Previous characterization of the system using the first six sectors of TESS data suffered from a degeneracy between planet mass and orbital eccentricity. Radial-velocity measurements using HARPS, FEROS, and the Planet Finder Spectrograph break that degeneracy, and an expanded TTV baseline from TESS and an ongoing ground-based transit observing campaign increase the precision of the mass and eccentricity measurements. We determine that TOI-216c is a warm Jupiter, TOI-216b is an eccentric warm Neptune, and that they librate in 2:1 resonance with a moderate libration amplitude of 60–2+2 deg, a small but significant free eccentricity of 0.0222–0.0003+0.0005 for TOI-216b, and a small but significant mutual inclination of 1.°2-3.°9 (95% confidence interval). The libration amplitude, free eccentricity, and mutual inclination imply a disturbance of TOI-216b before or after resonance capture, perhaps by an undetected third planet.

Abstract Copyright: © 2021. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): Exoplanet astronomy - Exoplanet dynamics - Transit timing variation method - Radial velocity

Simbad objects: 3

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Number of rows : 3
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
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1 TOI-216 PM* 04 55 55.2548838048 -63 15 36.313162056           ~ 58 0
2 TOI-216b Pl 04 55 55.2548838048 -63 15 36.313162056           ~ 28 0
3 TOI-216c Pl 04 55 55.2548838048 -63 15 36.313162056           ~ 24 0

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