THE K2-ESPRINT PROJECT. V. A SHORT-PERIOD GIANT PLANET ORBITING A SUBGIANT STAR

THE K2-ESPRINT PROJECT. V. A SHORT-PERIOD GIANT PLANET ORBITING A SUBGIANT STAR

We report on the discovery and characterization of the transiting planet K2-39b (EPIC 206247743b). With an orbital period of 4.6 days, it is the shortest-period planet orbiting a subgiant star known to date. Such planets are rare, with only a handful of known cases. The reason for this is poorly und...

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Autors principals: Van Eylen, Vincent, Albrecht, Simon, Gandolf, Davide, Hirano, Teriyuki, Narita, Norio, Bruntt, Hans, Prieto-Arranz, Jorge, Béjar, Víctor J. S., Nowak, Grzegorz, Lund, Mikkel N., Palle, Enric, Ribas, Ignasi, Sanchis-Ojeda, Roberto, Arriagada, Pamela, Butler, R. Paul, Crane, Jeffrey D., Handberg, Rasmus, Deeg, Hans, Jessen-Hansen, Jens, Johnson, John A., Nespra, David, Rogers, Leslie, Ryu, Tsuguru, Shectman, Stephen, Shrotriya, Tushar, Slumstrup, Ditte, Takeda, Yoichi, Teske, Johanna, Thompson, Ian, Vanderburg, Andrew, Wittenmyer, Robert, Dai, Fei, Yu, Liang, Winn, Joshua Nathan
Altres autors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Idioma:en_US
Publicat: IOP Publishing 2017
Accés en línia:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109573
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8958-0683
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4265-047X
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1667-5427

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