2025AJ....170..150K


Query : 2025AJ....170..150K

2025AJ....170..150K - Astron. J., 170, 150 (2025/September-0)

A Pair of Dynamically Interacting Sub-Neptunes around TOI-6054.

KROFT M.A., BEATTY T.G., CROSSFIELD I.J.M., LIVESEY J.R., BECKER J., LUHN J.K., ROBERTSON P., BIERYLA A., CIARDI D.R., CLARK C.A., GOLIGUZOVA M.V., HOWELL S.B., LISSAUER J.J., LITTLEFIELD C., LUND M.B., SAFONOV B.S., MURPHY J.M.A., BATALHA N.M., BOSSETT M., BRANDE J., DAYLAN T., DRESSING C., GAGNEBIN A., HUBER D., ISAACSON H., KANE S.R., KREIDBERG L., LATHAM D.W., LUQUE R., POLANSKI A.S., PREMNATH P.H., RHEM M., ROGERS C.J. and TURTELBOOM E.V.

Abstract (from CDS):

We confirm the planetary nature of a pair of transiting sub-Neptune exoplanets orbiting the bright F-type subgiant star TOI-6054 (V = 8.02, K = 6.673) as a part of the OrCAS radial velocity survey using WIYN/NEID observations. We find that TOI-6054b and TOI-6054c have radii of 2.64 ± 0.15R⊕ and 2.82 ± 0.17R⊕, respectively, and masses of 12.5 ± 1.7M⊕ and 9.3 ± 1.9M⊕. The planets have zero-albedo equilibrium temperatures of 1360 ± 32 K and 1143 ± 28 K. The host star has expanded and will evolve off of the main sequence within the next ∼500 Myr, and the resulting increase in stellar luminosity has more than doubled the stellar flux the two planets receive compared to the start of the host star's main-sequence phase. Consequently, TOI-6054b may be losing some of its primordial hydrogen/helium atmosphere-if it has one. Based on dynamical simulations performed using the orbital parameters of the two planets, TOI-6054b, and TOI-6054c are very likely in a 5:3 mean motion resonance. The TOI-6054 system thus has the potential to be an excellent candidate for future atmospheric follow-up observations, with two similarly sized sub-Neptunes around a bright star. We also estimate that if TOI-6054b is currently losing its H/He atmosphere, this should be observable from space and from the ground.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Exoplanet astronomy - Exoplanet dynamics - Exoplanet systems - Exoplanets - Exoplanet detection methods - Radial velocity - Transits

Simbad objects: 16

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Number of rows : 16
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 HD 23074 PM* 03 45 20.9966274744 +60 21 03.376243368 10.32 8.57 8.01     G0 36 0
2 HD 23074c Pl 03 45 20.9966274744 +60 21 03.376243368           ~ 1 0
3 HD 23074b Pl 03 45 20.9966274744 +60 21 03.376243368           ~ 1 0
4 NAME L 231-32d Pl 04 33 39.7200127728 -51 57 22.435373160           ~ 128 0
5 TYC 1368-1990-1 * 07 34 19.4695148232 +19 10 24.222145224   10.94 10.28     ~ 2 0
6 NAME LP 424-4b Pl 07 59 05.8395356736 +15 23 29.236065000           ~ 387 1
7 NAME L 98-59 c Pl 08 18 07.6214406393 -68 18 46.805365587           ~ 86 0
8 K2-18b Pl 11 30 14.5177445592 +07 35 18.255348492           ~ 303 0
9 Ross 905b Pl 11 42 11.0933350978 +26 42 23.650782778           ~ 913 1
10 Ross 905 PM* 11 42 11.0933350978 +26 42 23.650782778   12.06 10.613 10.272 8.24 M3V 750 1
11 CD-23 12010c Pl 15 00 19.3983970152 -24 27 14.693874372           ~ 29 0
12 CD-23 12010 PM* 15 00 19.3983970152 -24 27 14.693874372   11.15 9.937 9.843   K7V 53 0
13 CD-23 12010b Pl 15 00 19.3983970152 -24 27 14.693874372           ~ 32 0
14 NAME G 139-21b Pl 17 15 18.9339850845 +04 57 50.066612336           ~ 845 1
15 CD-60 8051b Pl 23 20 07.5245143451 -60 03 54.644648069           ~ 67 0
16 BD-02 5958d Pl 23 27 04.8376907739 -01 17 10.582653030           ~ 82 0

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