Two temperate sub-Neptunes transiting the star EPIC 212737443

Mahesh Herath; Tobias C. Hinse; John H. Livingston; Jesús Hernández; Daniel F. Evans; Robert Wells; Saraj Gunesekera; Jeremy Tregloan-Reed; Markus Rabus; Jesper Skottfelt; Martin Dominik; Uffe G. Jørgensen; Chandana Jayaratne; Cuc T. K. Lý

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Two temperate sub-Neptunes transiting the star EPIC 212737443

Mahesh Herath, Tobias C. Hinse, John H. Livingston, Jesús Hernández, Daniel F. Evans, Robert Wells, Saraj Gunesekera, Jeremy Tregloan-Reed, Markus Rabus, Jesper Skottfelt, Martin Dominik, Uffe G. Jørgensen, Chandana Jayaratne, Cuc T. K. Lý

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We report the validation of a new planetary system around the K3 star EPIC 212737443 using a combination of K2 photometry, follow-up high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy. The system consists of two sub-Neptune sized transiting planets with radii of 2.6R⊕ and 2.7R⊕, with orbital periods of 13.6 and 65.5 d, equilibrium temperatures of 536 and 316 K, respectively. In the context of validated K2 systems, the outer planet has the longest precisely measured orbital period, as well as the lowest equilibrium temperature for a planet orbiting a star of spectral type earlier than M. The two planets in this system have a mutual Hill radius of ΔRH = 36, larger than most other known transiting multiplanet systems, suggesting the existence of another (possibly non-transiting) planet, or that the system is not maximally packed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	536–546
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	488
Issue number	1
Early online date	14 Jun 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1641
Publication status	Published - Sept 2019

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Techniques: photometric
Techniques: spectroscopic
eclipses
Planets and satellites: detection

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Herath, M., Hinse, T. C., Livingston, J. H., Hernández, J., Evans, D. F., Wells, R., Gunesekera, S., Tregloan-Reed, J., Rabus, M., Skottfelt, J., Dominik, M., Jørgensen, U. G., Jayaratne, C., & Lý, C. T. K. (2019). Two temperate sub-Neptunes transiting the star EPIC 212737443. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488(1), 536–546. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1641

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