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EPIC247098361b: a transiting warm Saturn on an eccentric $P=11.2$ days orbit around a $V=9.9$ star

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2018-04-11 v2 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

We report the discovery of EPIC247098361b using photometric data of the Kepler K2 satellite coupled with ground-based spectroscopic observations. EPIC247098361b has a mass of MP=0.397±0.037_{P}=0.397\pm 0.037 MJ_J, a radius of RP=1.00±0.020_{P}=1.00 \pm 0.020 RJ_J, and a moderately low equilibrium temperature of Teq=1030±15T_{eq}=1030 \pm 15 K due to its relatively large star-planet separation of a=0.1036a=0.1036 AU. EPIC247098361b orbits its bright (V=9.9V=9.9) late F-type host star in an eccentric orbit (e=0.258±0.025e=0.258 \pm 0.025) every 11.2 days, and is one of only four well characterized warm Jupiters having hosts stars brighter than V=10V=10. We estimate a heavy element content of 20 ±\pm 7 M_{\oplus} for EPIC247098361b, which is consistent with standard models of giant planet formation. The bright host star of EPIC247098361b makes this system a well suited target for detailed follow-up observations that will aid in the study of the atmospheres and orbital evolution of giant planets at moderate separations from their host stars.

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@article{arxiv.1802.08865,
  title  = {EPIC247098361b: a transiting warm Saturn on an eccentric $P=11.2$ days orbit around a $V=9.9$ star},
  author = {Rafael Brahm and Néstor Espinoza and Andrés Jordán and Felipe Rojas and Paula Sarkis and Matías R. Díaz and Markus Rabus and Holger Drass and Régis Lachaume and Maritza G. Soto and James J. Jenkins and Matías I. Jones and Thomas Henning and Blake Pantoja and Maja Vǔcković},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.08865},
  year   = {2018}
}

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11 pages, 10 figures, submitted to MNRAS