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TOI 762 A b and TIC 46432937 b: Two Giant Planets Transiting M-dwarf Stars

Authors :
Joel D. Hartman
Daniel Bayliss
Rafael Brahm
Edward M. Bryant
Andrés Jordán
Gáspár Á. Bakos
Melissa J. Hobson
Elyar Sedaghati
Xavier Bonfils
Marion Cointepas
Jose Manuel Almenara
Khalid Barkaoui
Mathilde Timmermans
George Dransfield
Elsa Ducrot
Sebastián Zúñiga-Fernández
Matthew J. Hooton
Peter Pihlmann Pedersen
Francisco J. Pozuelos
Amaury H. M. J. Triaud
Michaël Gillon
Emmanuel Jehin
William C. Waalkes
Zachory K. Berta-Thompson
Steve B. Howell
Elise Furlan
George R. Ricker
Roland Vanderspek
Sara Seager
Joshua N. Winn
Jon M. Jenkins
David Rapetti
Karen A. Collins
David Charbonneau
Christopher J. Burke
David R. Rodriguez
Source :
The Astronomical Journal, Vol 168, Iss 5, p 202 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
IOP Publishing, 2024.

Abstract

We present the discovery of TOI 762 A b and TIC 46432937 b, two giant planets transiting M-dwarf stars. Transits of both systems were first detected from observations by the NASA TESS mission, and the transiting objects are confirmed as planets through high-precision radial velocity observations carried out with Very Large Telescope/ESPRESSO. TOI 762 A b is a warm sub-Saturn with a mass of 0.251 ± 0.042 M _J , a radius of 0.744 ± 0.017 R _J , and an orbital period of 3.4717 days. It transits a mid-M-dwarf star with a mass of 0.442 ± 0.025 M _☉ and a radius of 0.4250 ± 0.0091 R _☉ . The star TOI 762 A has a resolved binary star companion, TOI 762 B, that is separated from TOI 762 A by 3.″2 (∼319 au) and has an estimated mass of 0.227 ± 0.010 M _☉ . The planet TIC 46432937 b is a warm super-Jupiter with a mass of 3.20 ± 0.11 M _J and radius of 1.188 ± 0.030 R _J . The planet’s orbital period is P = 1.4404 days, and it undergoes grazing transits of its early M-dwarf host star, which has a mass of 0.563 ± 0.029 M _☉ and a radius of 0.5299 ± 0.0091 R _☉ . TIC 46432937 b is one of the highest-mass planets found to date transiting an M-dwarf star. TIC 46432937 b is also a promising target for atmospheric observations, having the highest transmission spectroscopy metric or emission spectroscopy metric value of any known warm super-Jupiter (mass greater than 3.0 M _J , equilibrium temperature below 1000 K).

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15383881
Volume :
168
Issue :
5
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
The Astronomical Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.8bd5ac4350724c1b8a27d3defc582515
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad6f07