THE K2-ESPRINT PROJECT. I. DISCOVERY OF THE DISINTEGRATING ROCKY PLANET K2-22b WITH A COMETARY HEAD AND LEADING TAIL

THE K2-ESPRINT PROJECT. I. DISCOVERY OF THE DISINTEGRATING ROCKY PLANET K2-22b WITH A COMETARY HEAD AND LEADING TAIL

We present the discovery of a transiting exoplanet candidate in the K2 Field-1 with an orbital period of 9.1457 hr: K2-22b. The highly variable transit depths, ranging from ~0% to 1.3%, are suggestive of a planet that is disintegrating via the emission of dusty effluents. We characterize the host st...

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Main Authors: Dai, Fei, Winn, Joshua Nathan, Rappaport, Saul A, Yu, Liang
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100763
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3182-5569
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4265-047X
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8958-0683
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1667-5427

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100763
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3182-5569
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4265-047X
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8958-0683
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1667-5427

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