2023ApJ...959L...1H -
Astrophys. J., 959, L1-L14 (2023/December-2)
Separated Twins or Just Siblings? A Multiplanet System around an M Dwarf Including a Cool Sub-Neptune.
HARRIS M., DRAGOMIR D., MIRELES I., COLLINS K.A., ULMER-MOLL S., HOWELL S.B., STASSUN K.G., ZHOU G., ZIEGLER C., BOUCHY F., BRICENO C., CHARBONNEAU D., COLLINS K.I., FUURESZ G., GUERRERO N.M., JENKINS J.M., JENSEN E.L.N., KRISTIANSEN M.H.K., LAW N., LENDL M., MANN A.W., OSBORN H.P., QUINN S.N., RICKER G.R., SCHWARZ R.P., SEAGER S., TING E.B., VANDERSPEK R., WATANABE D. and WINN J.N.
Abstract (from CDS):
We report the discovery of two TESS sub-Neptunes orbiting the early M dwarf TOI-904 (TIC 261257684). Both exoplanets, ${2.426}_{-0.157}^{+0.163}$ and ${2.167}_{-0.118}^{+0.130}$, were initially observed in TESS Sector 12 with twin sizes of 2.49 and 2.31 R⊕, respectively. Through observations in five additional sectors in the TESS primary mission and the first and second extended missions, the orbital periods of the planets were measured to be 10.887 ± 0.001 and 83.999 ± 0.001 days, respectively. Reconnaissance radial velocity measurements (taken with EULER/CORALIE and SMARTS/CHIRON) and high-resolution speckle imaging with adaptive optics (obtained from SOAR/HRCAM and Gemini South/ZORRO) show no evidence of an eclipsing binary or a nearby companion, which, together with the low false-positive probabilities calculated with the statistical validation software TRICERATOPS, establishes the planetary nature of these candidates. The outer planet, TOI-904 c, is the longest-period M dwarf exoplanet found by TESS, with an estimated equilibrium temperature of 217 K. As the three other validated planets with comparable host stars and orbital periods were observed by Kepler around much dimmer stars (Jmag > 12), TOI-904 c, orbiting a brighter star (Jmag = 9.6), is the coldest M dwarf planet easily accessible for atmospheric follow-up. Future mass measurements and transmission spectroscopy of the similar-sized planets in this system could determine whether they are also similar in density and composition, suggesting a common formation pathway, or whether they have distinct origins.
Abstract Copyright:
© 2023. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
Exoplanet systems - Exoplanet detection methods - Exoplanet astronomy - M dwarf stars - Cold Neptunes - Mini Neptunes - Transit photometry
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