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91. K2 star parameters from Gaia & LAMOST
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/247/28
Title:
K2 star parameters from Gaia & LAMOST
Short Name:
J/ApJS/247/28
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Previous measurements of stellar properties for K2 stars in the Ecliptic Plane Input Catalog (EPIC) largely relied on photometry and proper motion measurements, with some added information from available spectra and parallaxes. Combining Gaia DR2 distances with spectroscopic measurements of effective temperatures, surface gravities, and metallicities from the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) DR5, we computed updated stellar radii and masses for 26838 K2 stars. For 195250 targets without a LAMOST spectrum, we derived stellar parameters using random forest regression on photometric colors trained on the LAMOST sample. In total, we measured spectral types, effective temperatures, surface gravities, metallicities, radii, and masses for 222088 A, F, G, K, and M-type K2 stars. With these new stellar radii, we performed a simple reanalysis of 299 confirmed and 517 candidate K2 planet radii from Campaigns 1-13, elucidating a distinct planet radius valley around 1.9R_{Earth}_, a feature thus far only conclusively identified with Kepler planets, and tentatively identified with K2 planets. These updated stellar parameters are a crucial step in the process toward computing K2 planet occurrence rates.
92. K2 & TESS Synergy. I. Parameters & LC, 4 stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/160/209
Title:
K2 & TESS Synergy. I. Parameters & LC, 4 stars
Short Name:
J/AJ/160/209
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Although the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) primary mission observed the northern and southern ecliptic hemispheres, generally avoiding the ecliptic, and the Kepler space telescope during the K2 mission could only observe near the ecliptic, many of the K2 fields extend far enough from the ecliptic plane that sections overlap with TESS fields. Using photometric observations from both K2 and TESS, combined with archival spectroscopic observations, we globally modeled four known planetary systems discovered by K2 that were observed in the first year of the primary TESS mission. Specifically, we provide updated ephemerides and system parameters for K2-114b, K2-167b, K2-237b, and K2-261b. These were some of the first K2 planets to be observed by TESS in the first year and include three Jovian sized planets and a sub-Neptune with orbital periods less than 12 days. In each case, the updated ephemeris significantly reduces the uncertainty in prediction of future times of transit, which is valuable for planning observations with the James Webb Space Telescope and other future facilities. The TESS extended mission is expected to observe about half of the K2 fields, providing the opportunity to perform this type of analysis on a larger number of systems.
93. LCs and RVs of 5 exoplanets discovered by TESS
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/161/194
Title:
LCs and RVs of 5 exoplanets discovered by TESS
Short Name:
J/AJ/161/194
Date:
11 Mar 2022
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the discovery and characterization of five hot and warm Jupiters TOI-628b (TIC281408474; HD288842), TOI-640b (TIC147977348), TOI-1333b (TIC395171208, BD+473521A), TOI-1478b (TIC409794137), and TOI-1601b (TIC139375960)-based on data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The five planets were identified from the full-frame images and were confirmed through a series of photometric and spectroscopic follow-up observations by the TESS Follow-up Observing Program Working Group. The planets are all Jovian size (R_P_=1.01-1.77R_J_) and have masses that range from 0.85 to 6.33M_J_. The host stars of these systems have F and G spectral types (5595<~Teff<~6460K) and are all relatively bright (9.5<V<10.8, 8.2<K<9.3), making them well suited for future detailed characterization efforts. Three of the systems in our sample (TOI-640b, TOI-1333b, and TOI-1601b) orbit subgiant host stars (logg<4.1). TOI-640b is one of only three known hot Jupiters to have a highly inflated radius (R_P_>1.7R_J_, possibly a result of its host star's evolution) and resides on an orbit with a period longer than 5days. TOI-628b is the most massive, hot Jupiter discovered to date by TESS with a measured mass of 6.31_-0.30_^+0.28^M_J_ and a statistically significant, nonzero orbital eccentricity of e=0.074_-0.022_^+0.021^. This planet would not have had enough time to circularize through tidal forces from our analysis, suggesting that it might be remnant eccentricity from its migration. The longest-period planet in this sample, TOI-1478b (P=10.18days), is a warm Jupiter in a circular orbit around a near-solar analog. NASA's TESS mission is continuing to increase the sample of well-characterized hot and warm Jupiters, complementing its primary mission goals.
94. Li, C and O abundances of FGK stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/159/90
Title:
Li, C and O abundances of FGK stars
Short Name:
J/AJ/159/90
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Abundances of lithium, carbon, and oxygen have been derived using spectral synthesis for a sample of 249 bright F, G, and K Northern Hemisphere dwarf stars from the high-resolution spectra acquired with the Vilnius University Echelle Spectrograph (VUES) at the Moletai Astronomical Observatory of Vilnius University. The sample stars have metallicities, effective temperatures, and ages between -0.7-0.4dex, 5000-6900K, 1-12Gyr, accordingly. We confirm a so far unexplained lithium abundance decrease at supersolar metallicities --A(Li) in our sample stars, which drop by 0.7dex in the [Fe/H] range from +0.10 to +0.55dex. Furthermore, we identified stars with similar ages, atmospheric parameters, and rotational velocities, but with significantly different lithium abundances, which suggests that additional specific evolutionary factors should be taken into account while interpreting the stellar lithium content. Nine stars with predominantly supersolar metallicities, i.e., about 12% among 78 stars with C and O abundances determined, have the C/O number ratios larger than 0.65, thus may form carbon-rich rocky planets. Ten planet-hosting stars, available in our sample, do not show a discernible difference from the stars with no planets detected regarding their lithium content.
95. LIFE Target Database Cone Search
ID:
ivo://org.gavo.dc/life/q/cone
Title:
LIFE Target Database Cone Search
Short Name:
life_td cone
Date:
27 Dec 2024 08:31:05
Publisher:
The GAVO DC team
Description:
The LIFE Target Star Database contains information useful for the planned `LIFE mission`_ (mid-ir, nulling interferometer in space). It characterizes possible target systems including information about stellar, planetary and disk properties. The data itself is mainly a collection from different other catalogs. Note that LIFE's target database is living data. The content – and to some extent even structure – of these tables may change at any time without prior warning. .. _LIFE mission: https://life-space-mission.com/
96. Light curve segments of 22 host stars with TESS
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/160/155
Title:
Light curve segments of 22 host stars with TESS
Short Name:
J/AJ/160/155
Date:
10 Dec 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a systematic phase curve analysis of known transiting systems observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) during year one of the primary mission. Using theoretical predictions for the amplitude of the planetary longitudinal atmospheric brightness modulation, stellar ellipsoidal distortion and Doppler boosting, as well as brightness considerations to select targets with likely detectable signals, we applied a uniform data processing and light-curve modeling framework to fit the full-orbit phase curves of 22 transiting systems with planet-mass or brown dwarf companions, including previously published systems. Statistically significant secondary eclipse depths and/or atmospheric brightness modulation amplitudes were measured for HIP65A, WASP-18, WASP-19, WASP-72, WASP-100, WASP-111, WASP-121, and WASP-122/KELT-14. For WASP-100b, we found marginal evidence that the brightest region of the atmosphere is shifted eastward away from the substellar point. We detected significant ellipsoidal distortion signals in the light curves of HIP65A, TOI-503, WASP-18, and WASP-30, with HIP65A, TOI-503 and WASP-18 also exhibiting Doppler boosting. The measured amplitudes of these signals agree with the predictions of theoretical models. Combining the optical secondary eclipse depths with previously published Spitzer 3.6 and 4.5{mu}m measurements, we derived dayside brightness temperatures and visible-light geometric albedos for a subset of the analyzed systems. We also calculated updated transit ephemerides combining the transit timings from the TESS light curves with previous literature values.
97. Lithium abundances of KOIs from CKS spectra
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/855/115
Title:
Lithium abundances of KOIs from CKS spectra
Short Name:
J/ApJ/855/115
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The lithium doublet at 6708{AA} provides an age diagnostic for main sequence FGK dwarfs. We measured the abundance of lithium in 1305 stars with detected transiting planets from the Kepler mission using high-resolution spectroscopy. Our catalog of lithium measurements from this sample has a range of abundance from A(Li)=3.11+/-0.07 to an upper limit of -0.84dex. For a magnitude-limited sample that comprises 960 of the 1305 stars, our Keck-HIRES spectra have a median signal-to-noise ratio of 45 per pixel at ~6700{AA} with spectral resolution {lambda}/{Delta}{lambda}=R=55000. We identify 80 young stars that have A(Li) values greater than the Hyades at their respective effective temperatures; these stars are younger than ~650Myr, the approximate age of the Hyades. We then compare the distribution of A(Li) with planet size, multiplicity, orbital period, and insolation flux. We find larger planets preferentially in younger systems, with an A-D two-sided test p-value=0.002, a>3{sigma} confidence that the older and younger planet samples do not come from the same parent distribution. This is consistent with planet inflation/photoevaporation at early ages. The other planet parameters (Kepler planet multiplicity, orbital period, and insolation flux) are uncorrelated with age.
98. Low-mass stars from the first two TESS sectors
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/158/81
Title:
Low-mass stars from the first two TESS sectors
Short Name:
J/AJ/158/81
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Continuous data releases throughout the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) primary mission will provide unique opportunities for the exoplanet community at large to contribute to maximizing TESS's scientific return via the discovery and validation of transiting planets. This paper introduces our independent pipeline for the detection of periodic transit events along with the results of its inaugural application to the recently released 2 minute light curves of low-mass stars from the first two TESS sectors. The stellar parameters within our sample are refined using precise parallax measurements from the Gaia DR2 (Cat. I/345), which reduce the number of low-mass stars in our sample relative to those listed in the TESS Input Catalog. In lieu of the follow-up observations required to confirm or refute the planetary nature of transit-like signals, a validation of transit-like events flagged by our pipeline is performed statistically. The resulting vetted catalog contains eight probable blended eclipsing binaries, eight known TOIs, plus seven new planet candidates (PCs) smaller than 4 Earth radii. This work demonstrates the ability of our pipeline to detect sub-Neptune-sized PCs, which to date represent some of the most attractive targets for future atmospheric characterization via transmission or thermal emission spectroscopy and for radial velocity efforts aimed at the completion of the TESS level one requirement to deliver 50 planets smaller than 4 Earth radii with measured masses.
99. Main sequence hot Jupiter hosts with good astrometry
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/158/190
Title:
Main sequence hot Jupiter hosts with good astrometry
Short Name:
J/AJ/158/190
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
While cooler giant planets are often observed with nonzero eccentricities, the short-period circular orbits of hot Jupiters suggest that they lose orbital energy and angular momentum due to tidal interactions with their host stars. However, orbital decay has never been unambiguously observed. We use data from Gaia Data Release 2 (Cat. I/345) to show that hot Jupiter host stars have a smaller Galactic velocity dispersion than a similar population of stars without hot Jupiters. Since Galactic velocity dispersion is correlated with age, this observation implies that the population of hot Jupiter host stars is on average younger than the field population. The best explanation for this inference is that tidal interactions cause hot Jupiters to inspiral while their host stars are on the main sequence. This observation requires that the typical modified stellar tidal quality factor Q_*_^'^ for solar-type stars is in the range log_10_Q_*_^'^~<7.
100. Maintaining the Ephemeris of 20 CoRoT planets
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/JAVSO/48.201
Title:
Maintaining the Ephemeris of 20 CoRoT planets
Short Name:
J/other/JAVSO/48
Date:
22 Feb 2022
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present 33 transit minimum times of 20 transiting planets discovered by the CoRoT space mission, which have been obtained from ground-based observations since the mission's end in 2012, with the objective to maintain the ephemeris of these planets and to identify potential transit time variations. Twelve of the observed planets are in the CoRoT fields near the galactic center and the remaining eight planets are in the fields near the anticenter. We detect indications for significant transit timing variations in the cases of CoRoT 3b, 11b, 13b, 27b. For two more planets (CoRoT 18b and 20b) we conclude that timing offsets in early follow-up observations led to ephemeris in discovery publications that are inconsistent with timings from follow-up observations in later epochs. In the case of CoRoT-20b, this might be due to the influence from a further non-transiting planet. We also note that a significant majority (23 of 33) of our reported minimum times have negative O-C values, albeit most of them are within the expected uncertainty of the ephemeris.