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Of the approximately 350 extrasolar planets currently known, of order 10% orbit evolved stars with radii R >~ 2.5 R_sun. These planets are of particular interest because they tend to orbit more massive hosts, and have been subjected to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 R. J. Assef , B. S. Gaudi , K. Z. Stanek

We have computed evolutionary models for extrasolar planets which range in mass from 0.1 to 3.0 Jovian Masses, and which range in equilibrium temperature from 113 K to 2000 K. We present four sequences of models, designed to show the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-06 P. Bodenheimer , G. Laughlin , D. N. C. Lin

Precision Doppler velocity measurements from the Anglo-Australian Tele- scope reveal a planet with a 9.4+/-0.4 year period orbiting the M1.5 dwarf GJ 832. Within measurement uncertainty the orbit is circular, and the minimum mass (m sin i)…

The MEarth Project is a ground-based photometric survey to find planets transiting the closest and smallest main-sequence stars. In its first four years, MEarth discovered one transiting exoplanet, the 2.7 Earth radius planet GJ1214b. Here,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Zachory K. Berta , Jonathan Irwin , David Charbonneau

We present first results from the Survey for Transiting Extrasolar Planets in Stellar Systems (STEPSS). Our goal is to assess the frequency of close-in extrasolar planets around main-sequence stars in several open clusters. By concentrating…

We report on the detection of three transiting small planets around the low-mass star LP 358-499 (K2-133), using photometric data from the Kepler-K2 mission. Using multiband photometry, we determine the host star to be an early M dwarf with…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-17 R. Wells , K. Poppenhaeger , C. A. Watson

We report extensive photometric and spectroscopic observations of the 6.1-day period, G+M-type detached double-lined eclipsing binary V530 Ori, an important new benchmark system for testing stellar evolution models for low-mass stars. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 G. Torres , C. H. Sandberg Lacy , K. Pavlovski , G. A. Feiden , J. A. Sabby , H. Bruntt , J. V. Clausen

We analyze a 19-night photometric search for transiting extrasolar planets in the open cluster NGC 1245. An automated transit search algorithm with quantitative selection criteria finds six transit candidates; none are bona fide planetary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Christopher J. Burke , B. Scott Gaudi , D. L. DePoy , Richard W. Pogge

We present a search for Trojan companions to 25 transiting exoplanets. We use the technique of Ford & Gaudi 2006, in which a difference is sought between the observed transit time and the transit time that is calculated by fitting a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 N. Madhusudhan , Joshua N. Winn

Transiting exoplanets orbiting young nearby stars are ideal laboratories for testing theories of planet formation and evolution. However, to date only a handful of stars with age <1 Gyr have been found to host transiting exoplanets. Here we…

We present optical photometry of 16 transits of the super-Earth GJ 1214b, allowing us to refine the system parameters and search for additional planets via transit timing. Starspot-crossing events are detected in two light curves, and the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Joshua A. Carter , Joshua N. Winn , Matthew J. Holman , Daniel Fabrycky , Zachory K. Berta , Christopher J. Burke , Philip Nutzman

We report the discovery of the transiting planet GJ 238 b, with a radius of $0.566\pm0.014$ R$_{\oplus}$ ($1.064\pm0.026$ times the radius of Mars) and an orbital period of 1.74 day. The transit signal was detected by the TESS mission and…

Current radial velocity data from specialized instruments contain a large amount of information that may pass unnoticed if their analysis is not accurate. The joint use of Bayesian inference tools and frequency analysis has been shown…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 J. Lopez-Santiago , L. Martino , J. Miguez , M. A. Vazquez

Doppler measurements from Subaru and Keck have revealed radial velocity variations in the V=8.15, G0IV star HD 149026 consistent with a Saturn-Mass planet in a 2.8766 day orbit. Photometric observations at Fairborn Observatory have detected…

This paper presents new observations of the planet-hosting, visual binary GJ 86 (HR 637) using the Hubble Space Telescope. Ultraviolet and optical imaging with WFC3 confirms the stellar companion is a degenerate star and indicates the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-18 J. Farihi , Howard E. Bond , P. Dufour , N. Haghighipour , G. H. Schaefer , J. B. Holberg , M. A. Barstow , M. R. Burleigh

With their smaller radii and high cosmic abundance, transiting planets around cool stars hold a unique appeal. As part of our on-going project to measure the occurrence rate of extrasolar moons, we here present results from a survey…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 David M. Kipping , David Nesvorny , Lars A. Buchhave , Joel Hartman , Gáspár Á. Bakos , Allan R. Schmitt

We announce the discovery of the second transiting hot Jupiter discovered by the Trans-atlantic Exoplanet Survey. The planet, which we dub TrES-2, orbits the nearby star GSC 03549-02811 every 2.47063 days. From high-resolution spectra, we…

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission identified a potential 0.88 REarth planet with a period of 7.577 days, orbiting the nearby M1V star GJ 341 (TOI 741.01). This system has already been observed by the James Webb Space…

We derive improved system parameters for the HD 209458 system using a model that simultaneously fits both photometric transit and radial velocity observations. The photometry consists of previous Hubble Space Telescope STIS and FGS…