An accurate mass determination for Kepler-1655b, a moderately-irradiated world with a significant volatile envelope

Raphaelle D. Haywood; Andrew Vanderburg; Annelies Mortier; Helen A. C. Giles; Mercedes Lopez-Morales; Eric D. Lopez; Luca Malavolta; David Charbonneau; Andrew Collier Cameron; Jeffrey L. Coughlin; Courtney D. Dressing; Chantanelle Nava; David W. Latham; Xavier Dumusque; Christophe Lovis; Emilio Molinari; Francesco Pepe; Alessandro Sozzetti; Stephane Udry; Francois Bouchy; John A. Johnson; Michel Mayor; Giusi Micela; David Phillips; Giampaolo Piotto; Ken Rice; Dimitar Sasselov; Damien Segransan; Chris Watson; Laura Affer; Aldo S. Bonomo; Lars A. Buchhave; David R. Ciardi; Aldo F. Fiorenzano; Avet Harutyunyan

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An accurate mass determination for Kepler-1655b, a moderately-irradiated world with a significant volatile envelope

Raphaelle D. Haywood^*, Andrew Vanderburg, Annelies Mortier, Helen A. C. Giles, Mercedes Lopez-Morales, Eric D. Lopez, Luca Malavolta, David Charbonneau, Andrew Collier Cameron, Jeffrey L. Coughlin, Courtney D. Dressing, Chantanelle Nava, David W. Latham, Xavier Dumusque, Christophe Lovis, Emilio Molinari, Francesco Pepe, Alessandro Sozzetti, Stephane Udry, Francois BouchyJohn A. Johnson, Michel Mayor, Giusi Micela, David Phillips, Giampaolo Piotto, Ken Rice, Dimitar Sasselov, Damien Segransan, Chris Watson, Laura Affer, Aldo S. Bonomo, Lars A. Buchhave, David R. Ciardi, Aldo F. Fiorenzano, Avet Harutyunyan

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We present the confirmation of a small, moderately-irradiated (F= 155±7 F⊕) Neptune with a substantial gas envelope in a P=11.8728787±0.0000085-day orbit about a quiet, Sun-like G0V star Kepler-1655. Based on our analysis of the Kepler light curve, we determined Kepler-1655b’s radius to be 2.213±0.082 R⊕. We acquired 95 high-resolution spectra with TNG/HARPS-N, enabling us to characterize the host star and determine an accurate mass for Kepler-1655b of 5.0±^3.1_2.8 M⊕ via Gaussian-process regression. Our mass determination excludes an Earth-like composition with 98% confidence. Kepler-1655b falls on the upper edge of the evaporation valley, in the relatively sparsely occupied transition region between rocky and gas-rich planets. It is therefore part of a population of planets that we should actively seek to characterize further.

Original language	English
Article number	203
Number of pages	19
Journal	Astronomical Journal
Volume	155
Issue number	5
Early online date	20 Apr 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aab8f3
Publication status	Published - May 2018

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Planets and satellites: detection
Planets and satellites: gaseous planets

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Haywood, R. D., Vanderburg, A., Mortier, A., Giles, H. A. C., Lopez-Morales, M., Lopez, E. D., Malavolta, L., Charbonneau, D., Cameron, A. C., Coughlin, J. L., Dressing, C. D., Nava, C., Latham, D. W., Dumusque, X., Lovis, C., Molinari, E., Pepe, F., Sozzetti, A., Udry, S., ... Harutyunyan, A. (2018). An accurate mass determination for Kepler-1655b, a moderately-irradiated world with a significant volatile envelope. Astronomical Journal, 155(5), Article 203. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aab8f3

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