A Mini-Neptune from TESS and CHEOPS Around the 120 Myr Old AB Dor Member HIP 94235

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission has enabled discoveries of the brightest transiting planet systems around young stars. These systems are the benchmarks for testing theories of planetary evolution. We report the discovery of a mini-Neptune transiting a bright star in the AB...

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Main Author: Seager, Sara
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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Language:English
Published: American Astronomical Society 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/148476
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description The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission has enabled discoveries of the brightest transiting planet systems around young stars. These systems are the benchmarks for testing theories of planetary evolution. We report the discovery of a mini-Neptune transiting a bright star in the AB Doradus moving group. HIP 94235 (TOI4399, TIC 464646604) is a Vmag = 8.31 G-dwarf hosting a 3.00 0.28 R 0.32 - + Å mini-Neptune in a 7.7 day period orbit. HIP 94235 is part of the AB Doradus moving group, one of the youngest and closest associations. Due to its youth, the host star exhibits significant photometric spot modulation, lithium absorption, and X-ray emission. Three 0.06% transits were observed during Sector 27 of the TESS Extended Mission, though these transit signals are dwarfed by the 2% peak-to-peak photometric variability exhibited by the host star. Follow-up observations with the Characterising Exoplanet Satellite confirmed the transit signal and prevented the erosion of the transit ephemeris. HIP 94235 is part of a 50 au G-M binary system. We make use of diffraction limited observations spanning 11 yr, and astrometric accelerations from Hipparcos and Gaia, to constrain the orbit of HIP 94235 B. HIP 94235 is one of the tightest stellar binaries to host an inner planet. As part of a growing sample of bright, young planet systems, HIP 94235 b is ideal for follow-up transit observations, such as those that investigate the evaporative processes driven by high-energy radiation that may sculpt the valleys and deserts in the Neptune population.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1484762023-03-11T03:55:21Z A Mini-Neptune from TESS and CHEOPS Around the 120 Myr Old AB Dor Member HIP 94235 Seager, Sara Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission has enabled discoveries of the brightest transiting planet systems around young stars. These systems are the benchmarks for testing theories of planetary evolution. We report the discovery of a mini-Neptune transiting a bright star in the AB Doradus moving group. HIP 94235 (TOI4399, TIC 464646604) is a Vmag = 8.31 G-dwarf hosting a 3.00 0.28 R 0.32 - + Å mini-Neptune in a 7.7 day period orbit. HIP 94235 is part of the AB Doradus moving group, one of the youngest and closest associations. Due to its youth, the host star exhibits significant photometric spot modulation, lithium absorption, and X-ray emission. Three 0.06% transits were observed during Sector 27 of the TESS Extended Mission, though these transit signals are dwarfed by the 2% peak-to-peak photometric variability exhibited by the host star. Follow-up observations with the Characterising Exoplanet Satellite confirmed the transit signal and prevented the erosion of the transit ephemeris. HIP 94235 is part of a 50 au G-M binary system. We make use of diffraction limited observations spanning 11 yr, and astrometric accelerations from Hipparcos and Gaia, to constrain the orbit of HIP 94235 B. HIP 94235 is one of the tightest stellar binaries to host an inner planet. As part of a growing sample of bright, young planet systems, HIP 94235 b is ideal for follow-up transit observations, such as those that investigate the evaporative processes driven by high-energy radiation that may sculpt the valleys and deserts in the Neptune population. 2023-03-10T18:55:36Z 2023-03-10T18:55:36Z 2022 2023-03-10T18:50:59Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/148476 Seager, Sara. 2022. "A Mini-Neptune from TESS and CHEOPS Around the 120 Myr Old AB Dor Member HIP 94235." Astronomical Journal, 163 (6). en 10.3847/1538-3881/AC69E3 Astronomical Journal Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf American Astronomical Society The American Astronomical Society
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A Mini-Neptune from TESS and CHEOPS Around the 120 Myr Old AB Dor Member HIP 94235
title A Mini-Neptune from TESS and CHEOPS Around the 120 Myr Old AB Dor Member HIP 94235
title_full A Mini-Neptune from TESS and CHEOPS Around the 120 Myr Old AB Dor Member HIP 94235
title_fullStr A Mini-Neptune from TESS and CHEOPS Around the 120 Myr Old AB Dor Member HIP 94235
title_full_unstemmed A Mini-Neptune from TESS and CHEOPS Around the 120 Myr Old AB Dor Member HIP 94235
title_short A Mini-Neptune from TESS and CHEOPS Around the 120 Myr Old AB Dor Member HIP 94235
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