A super-Earth and sub-Neptune transiting the late-type M dwarf LP 791-18

A super-Earth and sub-Neptune transiting the late-type M dwarf LP 791-18

Planets occur most frequently around cool dwarfs, but only a handful of specific examples are known to orbit the latest-type M stars. Using TESS photometry, we report the discovery of two planets transiting the low-mass star called LP 791-18 (identified by TESS as TOI 736). This star has spectral ty...

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Main Authors: Crossfield, Ian J. M., Matthews, Elisabeth, Halverson, Sam, Berardo, David, Mehrle, Nicholas, Huang, Chelsea, Burt, Jennifer, Seager, Sara, Ricker, George R.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Astronomical Society 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124746

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