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Kepler-21b : a rocky planet around a V = 8.25 mag star
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dc.contributor.author | Lopez-Morales, Mercedes | |
dc.contributor.author | Haywood, Raphaelle D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Coughlin, Jeffrey L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zeng, Li | |
dc.contributor.author | Buchhave, Lars A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Giles, Helen A. C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Affer, Laura | |
dc.contributor.author | Bonomo, Aldo S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Charbonneau, David | |
dc.contributor.author | Collier Cameron, Andrew | |
dc.contributor.author | Cosentino, Rosario | |
dc.contributor.author | Dressing, Courtney D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Dumusque, Xavier | |
dc.contributor.author | Figueira, Pedro | |
dc.contributor.author | Fiorenzano, Aldo F. M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Harutyunyan, Avet | |
dc.contributor.author | Johnson, John Asher | |
dc.contributor.author | Latham, David W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lopez, Eric D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lovis, Christophe | |
dc.contributor.author | Malavolta, Luca | |
dc.contributor.author | Mayor, Michel | |
dc.contributor.author | Micela, Giusi | |
dc.contributor.author | Molinari, Emilio | |
dc.contributor.author | Mortier, Annelies | |
dc.contributor.author | Motalebi, Fatemeh | |
dc.contributor.author | Nascimbeni, Valerio | |
dc.contributor.author | Pepe, Francesco | |
dc.contributor.author | Phillips, David F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Piotto, Giampaolo | |
dc.contributor.author | Pollacco, Don | |
dc.contributor.author | Queloz, Didier | |
dc.contributor.author | Rice, Ken | |
dc.contributor.author | Sasselov, Dimitar | |
dc.contributor.author | Segransan, Damien | |
dc.contributor.author | Sozzetti, Alessandro | |
dc.contributor.author | Udry, Stephane | |
dc.contributor.author | Vanderburg, Andrew | |
dc.contributor.author | Watson, Chris | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-27T15:30:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-10-27T15:30:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-12-02 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Lopez-Morales , M , Haywood , R D , Coughlin , J L , Zeng , L , Buchhave , L A , Giles , H A C , Affer , L , Bonomo , A S , Charbonneau , D , Collier Cameron , A , Cosentino , R , Dressing , C D , Dumusque , X , Figueira , P , Fiorenzano , A F M , Harutyunyan , A , Johnson , J A , Latham , D W , Lopez , E D , Lovis , C , Malavolta , L , Mayor , M , Micela , G , Molinari , E , Mortier , A , Motalebi , F , Nascimbeni , V , Pepe , F , Phillips , D F , Piotto , G , Pollacco , D , Queloz , D , Rice , K , Sasselov , D , Segransan , D , Sozzetti , A , Udry , S , Vanderburg , A & Watson , C 2016 , ' Kepler-21b : a rocky planet around a V = 8.25 mag star ' , Astrophysical Journal , vol. 152 , no. 6 , 204 . https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/152/6/204 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0004-637X | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 246953873 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: a6d287a7-d911-482d-ad20-4c160cb30131 | |
dc.identifier.other | BibCode: 2016arXiv160907617L | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85009101111 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-8863-7828/work/58531467 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000390361100002 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/9719 | |
dc.description.abstract | HD 179070, aka Kepler-21, is a V = 8.25 F6IV star and the brightest exoplanet host discovered by Kepler. An early detailed analysis by Howell et al. (2012) of the first thirteen months (Q0 - Q5) of Kepler light curves revealed transits of a planetary companion, Kepler-21b, with a radius of about 1.60 ± 0.04 R⊕ and an orbital period of about 2.7857 days. However, they could not determine the mass of the planet from the initial radial velocity observations with Keck-HIRES, and were only able to impose a 2σ upper limit of 10 M⊕. Here we present results from the analysis of 82 new radial velocity observations of this system obtained with HARPS-N, together with the existing 14 HIRES data points. We detect the Doppler signal of Kepler-21b with a radial velocity semi-amplitude K = 2.00 ± 0.65 m s-1, which corresponds to a planetary mass of 5.1 ± 1.7 M⊕. We also measure an improved radius for the planet of 1.639 +0.019/-0.015 R⊕, in agreement with the radius reported by Howell et al. (2012). We conclude that Kepler-21b, with a density of 6.4 ± 2.1 g cm-3, belongs to the population of small, ≤6 M⊕ planets with iron and magnesium silicate interiors, which have lost the majority of their envelope volatiles via stellar winds or gravitational escape. The RV analysis presented in this paper serves as example of the type of analysis that will be necessary to confirm the masses of TESS small planet candidates. | |
dc.format.extent | 16 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Astrophysical Journal | en |
dc.rights | © 2016 The American Astronomical Society. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at iopscience.iop.org / https://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/152/6/204 | en |
dc.subject | Planets and satellites: formation | en |
dc.subject | Planets and satellites: individual (Kepler-21b) | en |
dc.subject | Stars: individual (HD 179070) | en |
dc.subject | Techniques: photometric | en |
dc.subject | Techniques: radial velocities | en |
dc.subject | Techniques: spectroscopic | en |
dc.subject | QB Astronomy | en |
dc.subject | QC Physics | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QB | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QC | en |
dc.title | Kepler-21b : a rocky planet around a V = 8.25 mag star | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | European Commission | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Science & Technology Facilities Council | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Science & Technology Facilities Council | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | PPARC - Now STFC | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Science & Technology Facilities Council | en |
dc.description.version | Postprint | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/152/6/204 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.url | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016arXiv160907617L | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | en | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | ST/M001296/1 | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | ST/I000666/1 | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | PP/D000890/1 | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | ST/G001006/1 | en |
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