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astro-ph.EP2020★ 37 cited

Hot Stars With Kepler Planets Have High Obliquities

Emma M. Louden, Joshua N. Winn, Erik A. Petigura +5

It has been known for a decade that hot stars with hot Jupiters tend to have high obliquities. Less is known about the degree of spin-orbit alignment for hot stars with other kinds…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 29 cited

Science Extraction from TESS Observations of Known Exoplanet Hosts

Stephen R. Kane, Jacob L. Bean, Tiago L. Campante +15

The transit method of exoplanet discovery and characterization has enabled numerous breakthroughs in exoplanetary science. These include measurements of planetary radii, mass-radiu…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 51 cited

A planetary system with two transiting mini-Neptunes near the radius valley transition around the bright M dwarf TOI-776

R. Luque, L. M. Serrano, K. Molaverdikhani +63

We report the discovery and characterization of two transiting planets around the bright M1 V star LP 961-53 (TOI-776, J = 8.5 mag, M = 0.54+-0.03 Msun) detected during Sector 10 o…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 34 cited

TKS III: A Stellar Obliquity Measurement of TOI-1726 c

Fei Dai, Arpita Roy, Benjamin Fulton +43

We report the measurement of a spectroscopic transit of TOI-1726 c, one of two planets transiting a G-type star with = 6.9 in the Ursa Major Moving Group (400 Myr). With…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 23 cited

The TOI-763 system: sub-Neptunes orbiting a Sun-like star

M. Fridlund, J. Livingston, D. Gandolfi +51

We report the discovery of a planetary system orbiting TOI-763 (aka CD-39 7945), a , high proper motion G-type dwarf star that was photometrically monitored by the TESS spa…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 10 cited

Probing the atmosphere of HD189733b with the Na I and K I lines

E. Keles, D. Kitzmann, M. Mallonn +12

High spectral resolution transmission spectroscopy is a powerful tool to characterize exoplanet atmospheres. Especially for hot Jupiters, this technique is highly relevant, due to…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 21 cited

Vacuum ultraviolet photoabsorption spectroscopy of space-related ices: 1 keV electron irradiation of nitrogen- and oxygen-rich ices

S. Ioppolo, Z. Kanuchová, R. L. James +5

Molecular oxygen, nitrogen, and ozone have been detected in the Solar System. They are also expected to be present in ice-grain mantles within star-forming regions. Laboratory expe…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 8 cited

K2-280b -- a low density warm sub-Saturn around a mildly evolved star

Grzegorz Nowak, Enric Palle, Davide Gandolfi +57

We present an independent discovery and detailed characterisation of K2-280b, a transiting low density warm sub-Saturn in a 19.9-day moderately eccentric orbit (e = 0.35_{-0.04}^{+…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 16 cited

Role of the impact parameter in exoplanet transmission spectroscopy

X. Alexoudi, M. Mallonn, E. Keles +3

Transmission spectroscopy is a promising tool for the atmospheric characterization of transiting exoplanets. Because the planetary signal is faint, discrepancies have been reported…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 41 cited

Orbital misalignment of the super-Earth Men c with the spin of its star

Vedad Kunovac Hodžić, Amaury H. M. J. Triaud, Heather M. Cegla +2

Planet-planet scattering events can leave an observable trace of a planet's migration history in the form of orbital misalignment with respect to the the stellar spin axis, which i…

astro-ph.EP2020

TESS unveils the optical phase curve of KELT-1b. Thermal emission and ellipsoidal variation from the brown dwarf companion, and activity from the star

C. von Essen, M. Mallonn, A. Piette +8

We present the detection and analysis of the phase curve of KELT-1b at optical wavelengths, analyzing data taken by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). With a mass of…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 9 cited

TESS Data for Asteroseismology: Timing verification

Carolina von Essen, Mikkel N. Lund, Rasmus Handberg +11

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is NASA's latest space telescope dedicated to the discovery of transiting exoplanets around nearby stars. Besides the main goal of…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 57 cited

TESS unveils the phase curve of WASP-33b. Characterization of the planetary atmosphere and the pulsations from the star

C. von Essen, M. Mallonn, C. C. Borre +4

We present the detection and characterization of the full-orbit phase curve and secondary eclipse of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-33b at optical wavelengths, along with the pulsation…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 44 cited

The TESS-Keck Survey I: A Warm Sub-Saturn-mass Planet and a Caution about Stray Light in TESS Cameras

Paul A. Dalba, Arvind F. Gupta, Joseph E. Rodriguez +63

We report the detection of a Saturn-size exoplanet orbiting HD 332231 (TOI 1456) in light curves from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). HD 332231, an F8 dwarf star…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 9 cited

The multi-planet system TOI-421 -- A warm Neptune and a super puffy mini-Neptune transiting a G9 V star in a visual binary

Ilaria Carleo, Davide Gandolfi, Oscar Barragán +110

We report the discovery of a warm Neptune and a hot sub-Neptune transiting TOI-421 (BD-14 1137, TIC 94986319), a bright (V=9.9) G9 dwarf star in a visual binary system observed by…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 18 cited

OGLE-2017-BLG-0406: Microlens Parallax Reveals Saturn-mass Planet orbiting M-dwarf Host in the Inner Galactic Disk

Yuki Hirao, David P. Bennett, Yoon-Hyun Ryu +93

We report the discovery and analysis of the planetary microlensing event OGLE-2017-BLG-0406, which was observed both from the ground and by the satellite in a solar…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 29 cited

HST/STIS transmission spectrum of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-76 b confirms the presence of sodium in its atmosphere

C. von Essen, M. Mallonn, S. Hermansen +4

We present an atmospheric transmission spectrum of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-76 b by analyzing archival data obtained with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on board…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 51 cited

Evidence for Spin-orbit Alignment in the TRAPPIST-1 System

Teruyuki Hirano, Eric Gaidos, Joshua N. Winn +21

In an effort to measure the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect for the TRAPPIST-1 system, we performed high-resolution spectroscopy during transits of planets e, f, and b. The spectra were…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 21 cited

Three planets transiting the evolved star EPIC 249893012: a hot 8.8-M super-Earth and two warm 14.7 and 10.2-M sub-Neptunes

D. Hidalgo, E. Pallé, R. Alonso +57

We report the discovery of a new planetary system with three transiting planets, one super-Earth and two sub-Neptunes, that orbit EPIC\,249893012, a G8\,IV-V evolved star ($M_\star…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 51 cited

TOI-257b (HD 19916b): A Warm sub-Saturn Orbiting an Evolved F-type Star

Brett C. Addison, Duncan J. Wright, Belinda A. Nicholson +91

We report the discovery of a warm sub-Saturn, TOI-257b (HD 19916b), based on data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The transit signal was detected by TESS…