We announce the discovery of K2-139 b (EPIC 218916923 b), a transiting warm-Jupiter (Teq=547±25 K) on a 29-day orbit around an active (log RHK′ = −4.46 ± 0.06) K0 V star in K2 Campaign 7. We derive the system's parameters by combining the K2 photometry with ground-based follow-up observations. With a mass of~0.387−0.075+0.083MJ and radius of 0.808−0.033+0.034RJ, K2-139 b is one of the transiting warm Jupiters with the lowest mass known to date. The planetary mean density of 0.91−0.20+0.24gcm−3 can be explained with a core of ∼50 M⊕. Given the brightness of the host star (V = 11.653 mag), the relatively short transit duration (∼5 hours), and the expected amplitude of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect (∼25ms−1 ), K2-139 is an ideal target to measure the spin-orbit angle of a planetary system hosting a warm Jupiter.
@article{arxiv.1702.00691,
title = {K2-139 b: a low-mass warm Jupiter on a 29-day orbit transiting an active K0 V star},
author = {O. Barragán and D. Gandolfi and A. M. S. Smith and H. J. Deeg and M. C. V. Fridlund and C. M. Persson and P. Donati and M. Endl and Sz. Csizmadia and S. Grziwa and D. Nespral and A. P. Hatzes and W. D. Cochran and L. Fossati and S. S. Brems and J. Cabrera and F. Cusano and Ph. Eigmüller and C. Eiroa and A. Erikson and E. Guenther and J. Korth and D. Lorenzo-Oliveira and L. Mancini and M. Pätzold and J. Prieto-Arranz and H. Rauer and I. Rebollido and J. Saario and O. V. Zakhozhay},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.00691},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
12 pages, 5 tables, 5 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS