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Mass Production of 2021 KMTNet Microlensing Planets II

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2023-02-08 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies

Abstract

We continue our program of publishing all planets (and possible planets) found by eye in 2021 Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet) online data. We present 4 planets, (KMT-2021-BLG-0712Lb, KMT-2021-BLG-0909Lb, KMT-2021-BLG-2478Lb, and KMT-2021-BLG-1105Lb), with planet-host mass ratios in the range -3.3 < log q < -2.2. This brings the total of secure, by-eye, 2021 KMTNet planets to 16, including 8 in this series. The by-eye sample is an important check of the completeness of semi-automated detections, which are the basis for statistical analyses. One of the planets, KMT-2021-BLG-1105Lb, is blended with a relatively bright (I,V)(18.9,21.6)(I,V)\sim (18.9,21.6) star that may be the host. This could be verified immediately by high-resolution imaging. If so, the host is an early G dwarf, and the planet could be characterized by radial-velocity observations on 30m class telescopes.

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@article{arxiv.2207.07295,
  title  = {Mass Production of 2021 KMTNet Microlensing Planets II},
  author = {Yoon-Hyun Ryu and In-Gu Shin and Hongjing Yang and Andrew Gould and Michael D. Albrow and Sun-Ju Chung and Cheongho Han and Kyu-Ha Hwang and Youn Kil Jung and Yossi Shvartzvald and Jennifer C. Yee and Weicheng Zang and Sang-Mok Cha and Dong-Jin Kim and %Hyoun-Woo Kim and Seung-Lee Kim and Chung-Uk Lee and Dong-Joo Lee and Yongseok Lee and Byeong-Gon Park and Richard W. Pogge},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.07295},
  year   = {2023}
}