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Architecture of TOI-561 planetary system

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2024-11-01 v3

Abstract

We present new observations from CHEOPS and TESS to clarify the architecture of the planetary system hosted by the old Galactic thick disk star TOI-561. Our global analysis, which also includes previously published photometric and radial velocity data, incontrovertibly proves that TOI-561 is hosting at least four transiting planets with periods of 0.44 days (TOI-561 b), 10.8 days (TOI-561 c), 25.7 days (TOI-561 d), and 77.1 days (TOI-561 e) and a fifth non-transiting candidate, TOI-561f with a period of 433 days. The precise characterisation of TOI-561's orbital architecture is interesting since old and metal-poor thick disk stars are less likely to host ultra-short period Super-Earths like TOI-561 b. The new period of planet -e is consistent with the value obtained using radial velocity alone and is now known to be 77.14399±0.0002577.14399\pm0.00025 days, thanks to the new CHEOPS and TESS transits. The new data allowed us to improve its radius (Rp=2.517±0.045RR_p = 2.517 \pm 0.045 R_{\oplus} from 5%\% to 2%\% precision) and mass (Mp=12.4±1.4MM_p = 12.4 \pm 1.4 M_{\oplus}) estimates, implying a density of ρp=0.778±0.097ρ\rho_p = 0.778 \pm 0.097 \rho_{\oplus}. Thanks to recent TESS observations and the focused CHEOPS visit of the transit of TOI-561 e, a good candidate for exomoon searches, the planet's period is finally constrained, allowing us to predict transit times through 2030 with 20-minute accuracy. We present an updated version of the internal structure of the four transiting planets. We finally performed a detailed stability analysis, which confirmed the long-term stability of the outer planet TOI-561 f.

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@article{arxiv.2410.18169,
  title  = {Architecture of TOI-561 planetary system},
  author = {G. Piotto and T. Zingales and L. Borsato and J. A. Egger and A. C. M. Correia and A. E. Simon and H. G. Florén and S. G. Sousa and P. F. L. Maxted and D. Nardiello and L. Malavolta and T. G. Wilson and Y. Alibert and V. Adibekyan and A. Bonfanti and R. Luque and N. C. Santos and M. J. Hooton and L. Fossati and A. M. S. Smith and S. Salmon and G. Lacedelli and R. Alonso and T. Bárczy and D. Barrado Navascues and S. C. C. Barros and W. Baumjohann and T. Beck and W. Benz and N. Billot and A. Brandeker and C. Broeg and M. Buder and A. Collier Cameron and Sz. Csizmadia and P. E. Cubillos and M. B. Davies and M. Deleuil and A. Deline and O. D. S. Demangeon and B. O. Demory and A. Derekas and B. Edwards and D. Ehrenreich and A. Erikson and A. Fortier and M. Fridlund and D. Gandolfi and K. Gazeas and M. Gillon and M. Güdel and M. N. Günther and A. Heitzmann and Ch. Helling and K. G. Isaak and L. L. Kiss and J. Korth and K. W. F. Lam and J. Laskar and A. Lecavelier des Etangs and M. Lendl and P. Leonardi and D. Magrin and G. Mantovan and C. Mordasini and V. Nascimbeni and G. Olofsson and R. Ottensamer and I. Pagano and E. Pallé and G. Peter and R. Ottensamer and D. Pollacco and D. Queloz and R. Ragazzoni and N. Rando and F. Ratti and H. Rauer and I. Ribas and G. Scandariato and D. Ségransan and D. Sicilia and M. Stalport and S. Sulis and Gy. M. Szabó and S. Udry and S. Ulmer-Moll and V. Van Grootel and J. Venturini and E. Villaver and N. A. Walton and J. N. Winn and S. Wolf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.18169},
  year   = {2024}
}

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13 pages, 10 Figures. Accepted on MNRAS. Updated the author list