MOA-2020-BLG-208Lb: cool sub-Saturn-mass planet within predicted desert

Greg Olmschenk, David P. Bennett, Ian A. Bond, Weicheng Zang, Youn Kil Jung, Jennifer C. Yee, Etienne Bachelet, Fumio Abe, Richard K. Barry, Aparna Bhattacharya, Hirosane Fujii, Akihiko Fukui, Yuki Hirao, Stela Ishitani Silva, Yoshitaka Itow, Rintaro Kirikawa, Iona Kondo, Naoki Koshimoto, Yutaka Matsubara, Sho MatsumotoShota Miyazaki, Brandon Munford, Yasushi Muraki, Arisa Okamura, Clément Ranc, Nicholas J. Rattenbury, Yuki Satoh, Takahiro Sumi, Daisuke Suzuki, Taiga Toda, Paul J. Tristram, Aikaterini Vandorou, Hibiki Yama, Michael D. Albrow, Sang-Mok Cha, Sun-Ju Chung, Andrew Gould, Cheongho Han, Kyu-Ha Hwang, Dong-Jin Kim, Hyoun-Woo Kim, Seung-Lee Kim, Chung-Uk Lee, Dong-Joo Lee, Yongseok Lee, Byeong-Gon Park, Richard W. Pogge, Yoon-Hyun Ryu, In-Gu Shin, Yossi Shvartzvald, Grant Christie, Tony Cooper, John Drummond, Jonathan Green, Steve Hennerley, Jennie McCormick, L. A. G. Monard, Tim Natusch, Ian Porritt, Thiam-Guan Tan, Shude Mao, Dan Maoz, Matthew T. Penny, Wei Zhu, V. Bozza, Arnaud Cassan, Martin Dominik, Markus Hundertmark, R. Figuera Jaimes, K. Kruszyńska, K. A. Rybicki, R. A. Street, Y. Tsapras, Joachim Wambsganss, Ł. Wyrzykowski, P. Zieliński, Gioia Rau

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Abstract

We analyze the MOA-2020-BLG-208 gravitational microlensing event and present the discovery and characterization of a new planet, MOA-2020-BLG-208Lb, with an estimated sub-Saturn mass. With a mass ratio q=3.17−0.26+0.28×10−4 , the planet lies near the peak of the mass-ratio function derived by the MOA collaboration and near the edge of expected sample sensitivity. For these estimates we provide results using two mass-law priors: one assuming that all stars have an equal planet-hosting probability, and the other assuming that planets are more likely to orbit around more massive stars. In the first scenario, we estimate that the lens system is likely to be a planet of mass mplanet=46−24+42M and a host star of mass Mhost=0.43−0.23+0.39M , located at a distance DL=7.49−1.13+0.99kpc . For the second scenario, we estimate mplanet=69−34+37M , Mhost=0.66−0.32+0.35M , and DL=7.81−0.93+0.93kpc . The planet has a projected separation as a fraction of the Einstein ring radius s=1.3807−0.0018+0.0018 . As a cool sub-Saturn-mass planet, this planet adds to a growing collection of evidence for revised planetary formation models.
Original languageEnglish
Article number175
Number of pages11
JournalAstronomical Journal
Volume165
Issue number4
Early online date24 Mar 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2023

Keywords

  • Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
  • Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies

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