- 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.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/615/A69
- Title:
- K2-3 system characterized with HARPS-N & HARPS
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/615/A69
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- M-dwarf stars are promising targets for identifying and characterizing potentially habitable planets. K2-3 is a nearby (45pc), early-type M dwarf hosting three small transiting planets, the outermost of which orbits close to the inner edge of the stellar (optimistic) habitable zone. The K2-3 system is well suited for follow-up characterization studies aimed at determining accurate masses and bulk densities of the three planets. Using a total of 329 radial velocity measurements collected over 2.5 years with the HARPS-N and HARPS spectrographs and a proper treatment of the stellar activity signal, we aim to improve measurements of the masses and bulk densities of the K2-3 planets. We use our results to investigate the physical structure of the planets. We analysed radial velocity time series extracted with two independent pipelines using Gaussian process regression. We adopted a quasi-periodic kernel to model the stellar magnetic activity jointly with the planetary signals. We used Monte Carlo simulations to investigate the robustness of our mass measurements of K2-3 c and K2-3 d, and to explore how additional high-cadence radial velocity observations might improve these values. Even though the stellar activity component is the strongest signal present in the radial velocity time series, we are able to derive masses for both planet b (Mb=6.6+/-1.1M_{Earth}_) and planet c (Mc=3.1^+1.3^_-1.2_M_{Earth}_). The Doppler signal from K2-3 d remains undetected, likely because of its low amplitude compared to the radial velocity signal induced by the stellar activity. The closeness of the orbital period of K2-3 d to the stellar rotation period could also make the detection of the planetary signal complicated. Based on our ability to recover injected signals in simulated data, we tentatively estimate the mass of K2-3 d to be Md=2.7^+1.2^_-0.8_M_{Earth}_. These mass measurements imply that the bulk densities and therefore the interior structures of the three planets may be similar. In particular, the planets may either have small H/He envelopes (<1percent) or massive water layers, with a water content >50 percent of their total mass, on top of rocky cores. Placing further constraints on the bulk densities of K2-3 c and d is difficult; in particular, we would not have been able to detect the Doppler signal of K2-3 d even by adopting a semester of intense, high-cadence radial velocity observations with HARPS-N and HARPS.
- 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.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/159/261
- Title:
- LC of microlensing event OGLE-2012-BLG-0838
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/159/261
- Date:
- 08 Dec 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the discovery of a planet on a very wide orbit in the microlensing event OGLE-2012-BLG-0838. The signal of the planet is well separated from the main peak of the event and the planet-star projected separation is found to be twice the Einstein ring radius, which corresponds to a projected separation of ~4au. Similar planets around low-mass stars are very hard to find using any technique other than microlensing. We discuss microlensing model fitting in detail and discuss the prospects for measuring the mass and distance of the lens system directly.
- 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.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/161/293
- Title:
- LCs of OGLE-2018-BLG-0567 and OGLE-2018-BLG-0962
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/161/293
- Date:
- 10 Dec 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the analyses of two microlensing events, OGLE-2018-BLG-0567 and OGLE-2018-BLG-0962. In both events, the short-lasting anomalies were densely and continuously covered by two high-cadence surveys. The light-curve modeling indicates that the anomalies are generated by source crossings over the planetary caustics induced by planetary companions to the hosts. The estimated planet/host separation (scaled to the angular Einstein radius {theta}E) and mass ratio are (s, qx10^3^)=(1.81{+/-}0.02, 1.24{+/-}0.07) and (s, qx10^3^)=(1.25{+/-}0.03, 2.38{+/-}0.08), respectively. From Bayesian analyses, we estimate the host and planet masses as (M_h_, M_p_)=(0.25_-0.13_^+0.27^, M{odot}, 0.32_-0.17_^+0.34^, M_J_) and (M_h_, M_p_=(0.54_-0.28_^+0.33^, M{odot}, 1.34_-0.70_^+0.82^, M_J_), respectively. These planetary systems are located at a distance of 7.06_-1.15_^+0.93^kpc for OGLE-2018-BLG-0567 and 6.50_-1.75_^+1.06^kpc for OGLE-2018-BLG-0962, suggesting that they are likely to be near the Galactic bulge. The two events prove the capability of current high-cadence surveys for finding planets through the planetary-caustic channel. We find that most published planetary-caustic planets are found in Hollywood events in which the source size strongly contributes to the anomaly cross-section relative to the size of the caustic.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/642/A121
- Title:
- LHS1140 radial velocity data
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/642/A121
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- LHS 1140 is an M dwarf known to host two transiting planets at orbital periods of 3.77 and 24.7 days. They were detected with HARPS and Spitzer. The external planet (LHS 1140 b) is a rocky super-Earth that is located in the middle of the habitable zone of this low-mass star. All these properties place this system at the forefront of the habitable exoplanet exploration, and it therefore constitutes a relevant case for further astrobiological studies, including atmospheric observations. We further characterize this system by improving the physical and orbital properties of the known planets, search for additional planetary-mass components in the system, and explore the possibility of co-orbitals. We collected 113 new high-precision radial velocity observations with ESPRESSO over a 1.5-yr time span with an average photon-noise precision of 1.07m/s. We performed an extensive analysis of the HARPS and ESPRESSO datasets and also analyzed them together with the new TESS photometry. We analyzed the Bayesian evidence of several models with different numbers of planets and orbital configurations. We significantly improve our knowledge of the properties of the known planets LHS 1140 b (Pb~24.7-days) and LHS 1140 c (Pc~3.77-days). We determine new masses with a precision of 6% for LHS 1140 b (6.48+/-0.46M_Earth_) and 9% for LHS 1140 c (m_c_=1.78+/-0.17M_Earth_). This reduces the uncertainties relative to previously published values by half. Although both planets have Earth-like bulk compositions, the internal structure analysis suggests that LHS 1140 b might be iron-enriched and LHS 1140 c might be a true Earth twin. In both cases, the water content is compatible to a maximum fraction of 10-12% in mass, which is equivalent to a deep ocean layer of 779+/-650 km for the habitable-zone planet LHS 1140 b. Our results also provide evidence for a new planet candidate in the system (m_d_=4.8+/-1.1M_Earth_) on a 78.9-day orbital period, which is detected through three independent methods. The analysis also allows us to discard other planets above 0.5M_Earth_ for periods shorter than 10 days and above 2 M_Earth_ for periods up to one year. Finally, our co-orbital analysis discards co-orbital planets in the tadpole and horseshoe configurations of LHS 1140 b down to 1M_Earth_ with a 95% confidence level (twice better than with the previous HARPS dataset). Indications for a possible co-orbital signal in LHS 1140 c are detected in both radial velocity (alternatively explained by a high eccentricity) and photometric data (alternatively explained by systematics), however. The new precise measurements of the planet properties of the two transiting planets in LHS 1140 as well as the detection of the planet candidate LHS 1140 d make this system a key target for atmospheric studies of rocky worlds at different stellar irradiations.
- 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.
- 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/
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/162/7
- Title:
- Light curve and radial velocities for 7 host stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/162/7
- Date:
- 18 Mar 2022 09:35:03
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery and characterization of seven transiting exoplanets from the HATNet survey. The planets, which are hot Jupiters and Saturns transiting bright Sun-like stars, include: HAT-P-58b (with mass M_p_=0.37M_J_, radius R_p_=1.33R_J_, and orbital period P=4.0138days), HAT-P-59b (M_p_=1.54M_J_, R_p_=1.12R_J_, P=4.1420days), HAT-P-60b (M_p_=0.57M_J_, R_p_=1.63R_J_, P=4.7948days), HAT-P-61b (M_p_=1.06M_J_, R_p_=0.90R_J_, P=1.9023days), HAT-P-62b (M_p_=0.76M_J_, R_p_=1.07R_J_, P=2.6453days), HAT-P-63b (M_p_=0.61M_J_, R_p_=1.12R_J_, P=3.3777days), and HAT-P-64b (M_p_=0.58M_J_, R_p_= 1.70R_J_, P=4.0072days). The typical errors on these quantities are 0.06M_J_, 0.03R_J_, and 0.2s, respectively. We also provide accurate stellar parameters for each of the host stars. With V=9.710{+/-}0.050mag, HAT-P-60 is an especially bright transiting planet host, and an excellent target for additional follow-up observations. With R_p_=1.703{+/-}0.070R_J_, HAT-P-64b is a highly inflated hot Jupiter around a star nearing the end of its main-sequence lifetime, and is among the largest known planets. Five of the seven systems have long-cadence observations by TESS which are included in the analysis. Of particular note is HAT-P-59 (TOI-1826.01) which is within the northern continuous viewing zone of the TESS mission, and HAT-P-60, which is the TESS candidate TOI-1580.01.
