2025ApJ...988L..63M


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2025ApJ...988L..63M - Astrophys. J., 988, L63 (2025/August-1)

A Transiting Giant on a 7.7 yr Orbit Revealed by Transit Timing Variations in the TOI-201 System.

MACIEJEWSKI G. and LOBODA W.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the detection and characterization of TOI-201 c, a long-period transiting companion to the warm Jupiter TOI-201 b. Its presence was first inferred from high-amplitude transit timing variations (TTVs) in TOI-201 b, pointing to a massive outer body on a $7.{7}_{-0.6}^{+1.0}$ yr eccentric orbit. This prediction was confirmed when Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite observed a transit of TOI-201 c, precisely constraining its orbital geometry. A joint fit to TTVs, transit photometry, and archival radial velocities yields a mass of $14.{2}_{-1.2}^{+1.0}$MJup and an eccentricity of $0.64{3}_{-0.021}^{+0.009}$. The mutual inclination between planets b and c is $2\mathop{.}\limits^{^\circ }{9}_{-4.4}^{+4.8}$, indicating a nearly coplanar architecture. Long-term numerical integrations confirm dynamical stability over gigayear timescales and predict that transits of TOI-201 b will cease within a few thousand years. TOI-201 c ranks among the longest-period transiting planets with well-constrained properties. Its detection via TTVs, followed by a confirmed transit, represents a rare observational sequence and highlights the power of TTVs and photometric monitoring to uncover distant companions. The TOI-201 system offers a valuable laboratory for testing models of giant planet formation, migration, and secular evolution in multiplanet systems.

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

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

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/ApJ/988/L63): ttimes.dat>

Simbad objects: 6

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Number of rows : 6
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 39474 PM* 05 49 36.4133735952 -54 54 38.555451540   10.104 9.715     F7V 45 0
2 HD 39474b Pl 05 49 36.4133735952 -54 54 38.555451540           ~ 19 0
3 TOI-201c Pl 05 49 36.4133735952 -54 54 38.555451540           ~ 1 0
4 TOI-201.02 Pl? 05 49 36.4133735952 -54 54 38.555451540           ~ 6 0
5 NAME SEP reg 06 00 00.000 -66 33 38.55           ~ 198 0
6 K2-311b Pl 10 37 33.4203530736 +11 50 33.872253972           ~ 7 0

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