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Using HARPS-N to characterize the long-period planets in the PH-2 and Kepler-103 systems

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Date
12/2019
Author
Dubber, Sophie C.
Mortier, Annelies
Rice, Ken
Nava, Chantanelle
Malavolta, Luca
Giles, Helen
Coffinet, Adrien
Charbonneau, David
Vanderburg, Andrew
Bonomo, Aldo S.
Boschin, Walter
Buchhave, Lars A.
Cameron, Andrew Collier
Cosentino, Rosario
Dumusque, Xavier
Ghedina, Adriano
Harutyunyan, Avet
Haywood, Raphaelle D.
Latham, David
López-Morales, Mercedes
Micela, Giusi
Molinari, Emilio
Pepe, Francesco A.
Phillips, David
Piotto, Giampaolo
Poretti, Ennio
Sasselov, Dimitar
Sozzetti, Alessandro
Udry, Stéphane
Funder
Science & Technology Facilities Council
Grant ID
ST/R00824/1
Keywords
Techniques: photometric
Techniques: radial velocities
Techniques: spectroscopic
Planets and satellites; composition
QB Astronomy
QC Physics
NDAS
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We present confirmation of the planetary nature of PH-2b, as well as the first mass estimates for the two planets in the Kepler-103 system. PH-2b and Kepler-103c are both long-period and transiting, a sparsely populated category of exoplanets. We use Kepler light-curve data to estimate a radius, and then use HARPS-N radial velocities to determine the semi-amplitude of the stellar reflex motion and, hence, the planet mass. For PH-2b we recover a 3.5σ mass estimate of Mp=109+30−32 M⊕ and a radius of Rp = 9.49 ± 0.16 R⊕. This means that PH-2b has a Saturn-like bulk density and is the only planet of this type with an orbital period P > 200 d that orbits a single star. We find that Kepler-103b has a mass of Mp,b=11.7+4.31−4.72 M⊕ and Kepler-103c has a mass of Mp,c=58.5+11.2−11.4 M⊕. These are 2.5σ and 5σ results, respectively. With radii of Rp,b=3.49+0.06−0.05 R⊕ and Rp,c=5.45+0.18−0.17 R⊕, these results suggest that Kepler-103b has a Neptune-like density, while Kepler-103c is one of the highest density planets with a period P > 100 d. By providing high-precision estimates for the masses of the long-period, intermediate-mass planets PH-2b and Kepler-103c, we increase the sample of long-period planets with known masses and radii, which will improve our understanding of the mass–radius relation across the full range of exoplanet masses and radii.
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Dubber , S C , Mortier , A , Rice , K , Nava , C , Malavolta , L , Giles , H , Coffinet , A , Charbonneau , D , Vanderburg , A , Bonomo , A S , Boschin , W , Buchhave , L A , Cameron , A C , Cosentino , R , Dumusque , X , Ghedina , A , Harutyunyan , A , Haywood , R D , Latham , D , López-Morales , M , Micela , G , Molinari , E , Pepe , F A , Phillips , D , Piotto , G , Poretti , E , Sasselov , D , Sozzetti , A & Udry , S 2019 , ' Using HARPS-N to characterize the long-period planets in the PH-2 and Kepler-103 systems ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 490 , no. 4 , pp. 5103–5121 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2856
Publication
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2856
ISSN
0035-8711
Type
Journal article
Rights
Copyright © 2019 the Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2856
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Funding: Senior Kavli Institute Fellowships at the University of Cambridge (AM); UK Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) consolidated grant number ST/R000824/1 (ACC).
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/19175

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