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astro-ph.EP2024

TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME) XII: A Young Mini-Neptune on the Upper Edge of the Radius Valley in the Hyades Cluster

Adam Distler, Melinda Soares-Furtado, Andrew Vanderburg +18

We present the discovery and characterization of TOI-4364\,b, a young mini-Neptune in the tidal tails of the Hyades cluster, identified through TESS transit observations and ground…

astro-ph.EP2026

Peas and USPs: Can Stellar Spindown and Peas in a Pod Replicate Ultra-Short-Period Planet Characteristics?

Adam Distler, Juliette Becker

Peas-in-a-Pod (PIAP) systems have been shown to be common across exoplanet systems, with regular planet spacings and similar planet sizes. In contrast, ultra-short-period planets h…

astro-ph.EP2026

TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME) XIV: A Comoving-Based Age Constraint for KELT-20

Adam Distler, Melinda Soares-Furtado, Andrew W. Mann +9

Young stellar moving groups offer unique opportunities to investigate the early evolution of stellar and planetary systems. In continuation of an ongoing effort to age-date compell…

astro-ph.EP2024

The TEMPO Survey II: Science Cases Leveraged from a Proposed 30-Day Time Domain Survey of the Orion Nebula with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Melinda Soares-Furtado, Mary Anne Limbach, Andrew Vanderburg +26

The TEMPO (Transiting Exosatellites, Moons, and Planets in Orion) Survey is a proposed 30-day observational campaign using the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. By providing deep,…

astro-ph.SR2026

A Multi-Method Age Determination for the Ursa Major Moving Group

Julia Sheffler, Max Clark, Melinda Soares-Furtado +4

The Ursa Major Moving Group (UMa) is one of the closest stellar associations, yet its age has remained controversial, with published estimates ranging from 200 Myr to 1 Gyr. We pre…