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2025MNRAS.541.3249S - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 541, 3249-3268 (2025/August-3)

TOI-1846 b: a super-Earth in the radius valley orbiting a nearby M dwarf.

SOUBKIOU A., BARKAOUI K., BENKHALDOUN Z., GHACHOUI M., CHOUQAR J., RACKHAM B.V., BURGASSER A., SOFTICH E., PALLE E., FUKUI A., NARITA N., MURGAS F., HOWELL S.B., CLARK C.A., LITTLEFIELD C., BIERYLA A., BOYLE A.W., CIARDI D., COLLINS K., COLLINS K.I., DE LEON J., DRESSING C.D., EASTMAN J., ESPARZA-BORGES E., GIACALONE S., GILL H., GILLON M., IKUTA K., JENKINS J.M., KAGETANI T., LATHAM D.W., MORI M., PARVIAINEN H., PASS E., RICKER G., SAFONOV B.S., SAVEL A.B., SCHWARZ R.P., SEAGER S., STRAKHOV I.A., SRDOC G., VANDERSPEK R., WATANABE N., WATKINS N.C. and WINN J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present the discovery and validation of a super-Earth planet orbiting the M dwarf star TOI-1846 (TIC 198385543). The host star ($K_{\rm mag} = 9.6$) is located 47 pc away and has a radius of $R_\star = 0.41 \pm 0.01$$\rm \, R_\odot$, a mass of $M_\star = 0.40 \pm 0.02$$\rm \, M_\odot$ and an effective temperature of $T_{\rm eff} = 3568 \pm 44$ K. Our analyses are based on joint modelling of Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) photometry and ground-based multicolour photometric data. We also use high-resolution imaging and archival images, as well as statistical validation techniques to support the planetary system nature. We find that TOI-1846 b is a super-Earth sized planet with radius of $R_{p}=1.79 \pm 0.07$$\rm \, R_{\oplus }$ and a predicted mass of $M_p = 4.4^{+1.6}_{-1.0}$$\rm \, M_{\oplus }$ (from the Chen & Kipping relation) on a 3.9 d orbit, with an equilibrium temperature of $T_{\rm eq}~= 589 \pm 20 K$ (assuming a null Bond Albedo) and an incident flux of $S_p = 17.6 \pm 2.0~S_{\oplus }$. Based on the two radial velocity (RV) measurements obtained with the Tillinghast Reflector Echelle Spectrograph and high-resolution imaging, a non-planetary transiting companion is excluded. With a radius of $\approx$1.8 $\rm \, R_{\oplus }$, TOI-1846 b is within the sparsely populated radius range around 2 $\rm \, R_{\oplus }$ known as the radius gap (or radius valley). This discovery can contribute to refining the precise location of the radius valley for small planets orbiting bright M dwarfs, thereby enhancing our understanding of planetary formation and evolution processes.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): planetary systems - planets and satellites - stars: individual: (TIC 198385543 - TOI 1846)

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