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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IOP Publishing
2016
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| 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 |