2025AJ....170..175Z


Query : 2025AJ....170..175Z

2025AJ....170..175Z - Astron. J., 170, 175 (2025/September-0)

TOI-880 is an Aligned, Coplanar, Multiplanet System.

ZHANG E.Y., TENG H.-Y., DAI F., HOWARD A.W., HALVERSON S.P., ISAACSON H., RUBENZAHL R.A., WANG X.-Y., WANG S., FULTON B.J., NIELSEN L.D., LUBIN J., GIACALONE S., HANDLEY L.B., PETIGURA E.A., TURTELBOOM E.V., POLANSKI A.S., GIBSON S.R., RIDER K., ROY A., BAKER A., EDELSTEIN J., SMITH C.L., WALAWENDER J. and WINN J.N.

Abstract (from CDS):

Although many cases of stellar spin-orbit misalignment are known, it is usually unclear whether a single planet's orbit was tilted or if the entire protoplanetary disk was misaligned. Measuring stellar obliquities in multitransiting planetary systems helps to distinguish these possibilities. Here, we present a measurement of the sky-projected spin-orbit angle for TOI-880 c (TOI-880.01), a member of a system of three transiting planets, using the Keck Planet Finder. We found that the host star is a K-type star (Teff = 5050 ± 100 K). Planet b (TOI-880.02) has a radius of 2.19 ± 0.11R⊕ and an orbital period of 2.6 days; planet c (TOI-880.01) is a Neptune-sized planet with 4.95 ± 0.20R⊕ on a 6.4 days orbit; and planet d (TOI-880.03) has a radius of $3.4{0}_{-0.21}^{+0.22}{R}_{\oplus }$ and a period of 14.3 days. By modeling the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect, we found the sky-projected obliquity to be $| {\lambda }_{c}| =7.{4}_{-7.2}^{+6.8}$°, consistent with a prograde, well-aligned orbit. The lack of detectable rotational modulation of the flux of the host star and a low $\,v\sin {i}_{\star }$ (1.6 km s–1) imply slow rotation and correspondingly slow nodal precession of the planetary orbits and the expectation that the system will remain in this coplanar configuration. TOI-880 joins a growing sample of well-aligned, coplanar, multitransiting systems. Additionally, TOI-880 c is a promising target for James Webb Space Telescope follow-up, with a transmission spectroscopy metric of ∼170. We could not detect clear signs of atmospheric erosion in the Hα line from TOI-880 c, as photoevaporation might have diminished for this mature planet.

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

Journal keyword(s): Exoplanets - Exoplanet formation - Exoplanet dynamics - Transits

Simbad objects: 11

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Number of rows : 11
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 3167c Pl 00 34 57.5242131960 +04 22 53.284093032           ~ 82 0
2 HD 3167 PM* 00 34 57.5242131960 +04 22 53.284093032       8.4   K0V 128 0
3 HD 43629b Pl 06 16 39.4726215000 -13 59 14.772872472           ~ 3 0
4 HD 43629 * 06 16 39.4726215000 -13 59 14.772872472   11.09 10.10     K(2)(III) 22 0
5 HD 43629d Pl 06 16 39.4726215000 -13 59 14.772872472           ~ 1 0
6 HD 43629c Pl 06 16 39.4726215000 -13 59 14.772872472           ~ 3 0
7 BD-19 4173 ** 15 39 25.8625321656 -20 11 55.770493200   11.68 11.11     ~ 53 0
8 BD-19 4173b Pl 15 39 25.8625321656 -20 11 55.770493200           ~ 23 0
9 BD-19 4173c Pl 15 39 25.8625321656 -20 11 55.770493200           ~ 23 0
10 Kepler-56 RG* 19 35 02.0011980936 +41 52 18.692360400   13.954 12.756 12.379   ~ 210 1
11 HD 197481c Pl 20 45 09.5324974119 -31 20 27.237889841           ~ 82 0

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