HD 191939: Three Sub-Neptunes Transiting a Sun-like Star Only 54 pc Away
Abstract
We present the discovery of three sub-Neptune-sized planets transiting the nearby and bright Sun-like star HD 191939 (TIC 269701147, TOI 1339), a magnitude G8 V dwarf at a distance of only 54 parsecs. We validate the planetary nature of the transit signals by combining five months of data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite with follow-up ground-based photometry, archival optical images, radial velocities, and high angular resolution observations. The three sub-Neptunes have similar radii (, , and ) and their orbits are consistent with a stable, circular, and co-planar architecture near mean motion resonances of 1:3 and 3:4 ( days, days, and days). The HD~191939 system is an excellent candidate for precise mass determinations of the planets with high-resolution spectroscopy due to the host star's brightness and low chromospheric activity. Moreover, the system's compact and near-resonant nature can provide an independent way to measure planetary masses via transit timing variations while also enabling dynamical and evolutionary studies. Finally, as a promising target for multi-wavelength transmission spectroscopy of all three planets' atmospheres, HD 191939 can offer valuable insight into multiple sub-Neptunes born from a proto-planetary disk that may have resembled that of the early Sun.
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@article{arxiv.2002.03958,
title = {HD 191939: Three Sub-Neptunes Transiting a Sun-like Star Only 54 pc Away},
author = {Mariona Badenas-Agusti and Maximilian N. Günther and Tansu Daylan and Thomas Mikal-Evans and Andrew Vanderburg and Chelsea X. Huang and Elisabeth Matthews and Benjamin V. Rackham and Allyson Bieryla and Keivan G. Stassun and Stephen R. Kane and Avi Shporer and Benjamin J. Fulton and Michelle L. Hill and Grzegorz Nowak and Ignasi Ribas and Enric Pallé and Jon M. Jenkins and David W. Latham and Sara Seager and George R. Ricker and Roland K. Vanderspek and Joshua N. Winn and Oriol Abril-Pla and Karen A. Collins and Pere Guerra Serra and Prajwal Niraula and Zafar Rustamkulov and Thomas Barclay and Ian J. M. Crossfield and Steve B. Howell and David R. Ciardi and Erica J. Gonzales and Joshua E. Schlieder and Douglas A. Caldwell and Michael Fausnaugh and Scott McDermott and Martin Paegert and Joshua Pepper and Mark E. Rose and Joseph D. Twicken},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.03958},
year = {2020}
}
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24 pages, 14 figures, 6 tables