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  4. TESS hunt for young and maturing exoplanets (THYME). VI. an 11 Myr giant planet transiting a very-low-mass star in lower centaurus crux
 
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TESS hunt for young and maturing exoplanets (THYME). VI. an 11 Myr giant planet transiting a very-low-mass star in lower centaurus crux
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Author(s)
Mann, Andrew W
Wood, Mackenna L
Schmidt, Stephen P
Barber, Madyson G
Owen, James E
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Mature super-Earths and sub-Neptunes are predicted to be ≃ Jovian radius when younger than 10 Myr. Thus, we expect to find 5–15 R⊕ planets around young stars even if their older counterparts harbor none. We report the discovery and validation of TOI 1227b, a 0.85 ± 0.05 RJ (9.5 R⊕) planet transiting a very-low-mass star (0.170 ± 0.015 M⊙) every 27.4 days. TOI 1227's kinematics and strong lithium absorption confirm that it is a member of a previously discovered subgroup in the Lower Centaurus Crux OB association, which we designate the Musca group. We derive an age of 11 ± 2 Myr for Musca, based on lithium, rotation, and the color–magnitude diagram of Musca members. The TESS data and ground-based follow-up show a deep (2.5%) transit. We use multiwavelength transit observations and radial velocities from the IGRINS spectrograph to validate the signal as planetary in nature, and we obtain an upper limit on the planet mass of ≃0.5 MJ. Because such large planets are exceptionally rare around mature low-mass stars, we suggest that TOI 1227b is still contracting and will eventually turn into one of the more common <5 R⊕ planets.
Date Issued
2022-04-01
Date Acceptance
2022-01-20
Citation
The Astronomical Journal, 2022, 163 (4), pp.156-156
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/95890
URL
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ac511d
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac511d
ISSN
0004-6256
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Start Page
156
End Page
156
Journal / Book Title
The Astronomical Journal
Volume
163
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2022. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.
License URL
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sponsor
The Royal Society
Commission of the European Communities
Identifier
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ac511d
Grant Number
UF150412
853022
Subjects
Astronomy & Astrophysics
0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2022-03-09
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