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Planet Hunters TESS III: two transiting planets around the bright G dwarf HD 152843

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2021-06-10 v1

Abstract

We report on the discovery and validation of a two-planet system around a bright (V = 8.85 mag) early G dwarf (1.43 RR_{\odot}, 1.15 MM_{\odot}, TOI 2319) using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Three transit events from two planets were detected by citizen scientists in the month-long TESS light curve (sector 25), as part of the Planet Hunters TESS project. Modelling of the transits yields an orbital period of \Pb\ and radius of 3.410.12+0.143.41 _{ - 0.12 } ^ { + 0.14 } RR_{\oplus} for the inner planet, and a period in the range 19.26-35 days and a radius of 5.830.14+0.145.83 _{ - 0.14 } ^ { + 0.14 } RR_{\oplus} for the outer planet, which was only seen to transit once. Each signal was independently statistically validated, taking into consideration the TESS light curve as well as the ground-based spectroscopic follow-up observations. Radial velocities from HARPS-N and EXPRES yield a tentative detection of planet b, whose mass we estimate to be 11.566.14+6.5811.56 _{ - 6.14 } ^ { + 6.58 } MM_{\oplus}, and allow us to place an upper limit of 27.527.5 MM_{\oplus} (99 per cent confidence) on the mass of planet c. Due to the brightness of the host star and the strong likelihood of an extended H/He atmosphere on both planets, this system offers excellent prospects for atmospheric characterisation and comparative planetology.

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@article{arxiv.2106.04603,
  title  = {Planet Hunters TESS III: two transiting planets around the bright G dwarf HD 152843},
  author = {Nora L. Eisner and Belinda A. Nicholson and Oscar Barragán and Suzanne Aigrain and Chris Lintott and Laurel Kaye and Baptiste Klein and Grant Miller and Jake Taylor and Norbert Zicher and Lars A. Buchhave and Douglas A. Caldwell and Jonti Horner and Joe Llama and Annelies Mortier and Vinesh M. Rajpaul and Keivan Stassun and Avi Sporer and Andrew Tkachenko and Jon M. Jenkins and David W. Latham and George R. Ricker and Sara Seager and Joshua N. Winn and Safaa Alhassan and Elisabeth M. L. Baeten and Stewart J. Bean and David M. Bundy and Vitaly Efremov and Richard Ferstenou and Brian L. Goodwin and Michelle Hof and Tony Hoffman and Alexander Hubert and Lily Lau and Sam Lee and David Maetschke and Klaus Peltsch and Cesar Rubio-Alfaro and Gary M. Wilson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.04603},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

Accepted for publication in MNRAS (15 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables)