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most citedThe Eleventh and Twelfth Data Releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Final Data from SDSS-III

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astro-ph.EP2023★ 64 cited

A resonant sextuplet of sub-Neptunes transiting the bright star HD 110067

R. Luque, H. P. Osborn, A. Leleu +149

Planets with radii between that of the Earth and Neptune (hereafter referred to as sub-Neptunes) are found in close-in orbits around more than half of all Sun-like stars. Yet, thei…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 13 cited

Giant Outer Transiting Exoplanet Mass (GOT 'EM) Survey: III. Recovery and Confirmation of a Temperate, Mildly Eccentric, Single-Transit Jupiter Orbiting TOI-2010

Christopher R. Mann, Paul A. Dalba, David Lafrenière +48

Large-scale exoplanet surveys like the TESS mission are powerful tools for discovering large numbers of exoplanet candidates. Single-transit events are commonplace within the resul…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 10 cited

GOES GLM, Biased Bolides, and Debiased Distributions

Anthony Ozerov, Jeffrey C. Smith, Jessie L. Dotson +2

The large combined field of view of the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instruments onboard the GOES weather satellites makes them useful for studying the population of other…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 11 cited

Developing a Drift Rate Distribution for Technosignature Searches of Exoplanets

Megan G. Li, Sofia Z. Sheikh, Christian Gilbertson +4

A stable-frequency transmitter with relative radial acceleration to a receiver will show a change in received frequency over time, known as a "drift rate''. For a transmission from…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 8 cited

A hot mini-Neptune and a temperate, highly eccentric sub-Saturn around the bright K-dwarf TOI-2134

F. Rescigno, G. Hébrard, A. Vanderburg +64

We present the characterisation of an inner mini-Neptune in a 9.22920050.0000063 day orbit and an outer mono-transiting sub-Saturn planet in a 95.50 day orbi…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 2 cited

Ejecta Evolution Following a Planned Impact into an Asteroid: The First Five Weeks

Theodore Kareta, Cristina Thomas, Jian-Yang Li +85

The impact of the DART spacecraft into Dimorphos, moon of the asteroid Didymos, changed Dimorphos' orbit substantially, largely from the ejection of material. We present results fr…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 29 cited

A recent impact origin of Saturn's rings and mid-sized moons

Luís F. A. Teodoro, Jacob A. Kegerreis, Paul R. Estrada +5

We simulate the collision of precursor icy moons analogous to Dione and Rhea as a possible origin for Saturn's remarkably young rings. Such an event could have been triggered a few…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 24 cited

Saturn's Atmosphere in Northern Summer Revealed by JWST/MIRI

Leigh N. Fletcher, Oliver R. T. King, Jake Harkett +8

Saturn's northern summertime hemisphere was mapped by JWST/MIRI (4.9-27.9 m) in November 2022, tracing the seasonal evolution of temperatures, aerosols, and chemical species in…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 9 cited

Are NH and CO ice present on Miranda?

Riley A. DeColibus, Nancy J. Chanover, Richard J. Cartwright

Published near-infrared spectra of the four largest classical Uranian satellites display the presence of discrete deposits of CO ice, along with subtle absorption features arou…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 37 cited

A super-massive Neptune-sized planet

L. Naponiello, L. Mancini, A. Sozzetti +55

Neptune-sized planets exhibit a wide range of compositions and densities, depending onf cators related to their formation and evolution history, such as the distance from their hos…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 20 cited

Transit Timing Variations in the three-planet system: TOI-270

Laurel Kaye, Shreyas Vissapragada, Maximilian N. Gunther +69

We present ground and space-based photometric observations of TOI-270 (L231-32), a system of three transiting planets consisting of one super-Earth and two sub-Neptunes discovered…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 27 cited

An M dwarf accompanied by a close-in giant orbiter with SPECULOOS

Amaury H. M. J. Triaud, Georgina Dransfield, Taiki Kagetani +40

In the last decade, a dozen close-in giant planets have been discovered orbiting stars with spectral types ranging from M0 to M4, a mystery since known formation pathways do not pr…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 6 cited

Discovery and characterisation of two Neptune-mass planets orbiting HD 212729 with TESS

David J. Armstrong, Ares Osborn, Vardan Adibekyan +33

We report the discovery of two exoplanets orbiting around HD 212729 (TOI\,1052, TIC 317060587), a K star with V=9.51 observed by TESS in Sectors 1 and 13. One exo…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 13 cited

TESS discovery of a super-Earth orbiting the M dwarf star TOI-1680

M. Ghachoui, A. Soubkiou, R. D. Wells +52

We report the discovery by the TESS mission of a super-Earth on a 4.8-d orbit around an inactive M4.5 dwarf (TOI-1680) validated by ground-based facilities. The host star is locate…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 8 cited

TOI-908: a planet at the edge of the Neptune desert transiting a G-type star

Faith Hawthorn, Daniel Bayliss, David J. Armstrong +36

We present the discovery of an exoplanet transiting TOI-908 (TIC-350153977) using data from TESS sectors 1, 12, 13, 27, 28 and 39. TOI-908 is a T = 10.7 mag G-dwarf ( = 56…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 8 cited

Two sub-Neptunes around the M dwarf TOI-1470

E. González-Álvarez, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, J. A. Caballero +50

Aims. A transiting planet candidate with a sub-Neptune radius orbiting the nearby ( = 51.90.07 pc) M1.5 V star TOI-1470 with a period of 2.5 d was announced by the NA…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 17 cited

A Mini-Neptune Orbiting the Metal-poor K Dwarf BD+29 2654

Fei Dai, Kevin C. Schlaufman, Henrique Reggiani +48

We report the discovery and Doppler mass measurement of a 7.4-day 2.3- mini-Neptune around a metal-poor K dwarf BD+29 2654 (TOI-2018). Based on a high-resolution Keck/HIR…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 12 cited

TESS and CHEOPS Discover Two Warm Sub-Neptunes Transiting the Bright K-dwarf HD 15906

Amy Tuson, Didier Queloz, Hugh P. Osborn +119

We report the discovery of two warm sub-Neptunes transiting the bright (G = 9.5 mag) K-dwarf HD 15906 (TOI 461, TIC 4646810). This star was observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Sur…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 22 cited

The TESS-Keck Survey. XV. Precise Properties of 108 TESS Planets and Their Host Stars

Mason G. MacDougall, Erik A. Petigura, Gregory J. Gilbert +38

We present the stellar and planetary properties for 85 TESS Objects of Interest (TOIs) hosting 108 planet candidates which comprise the TESS-Keck Survey (TKS) sample. We combine ph…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 1 cited

Examining Uranus' zeta ring in Voyager 2 Wide-Angle-Camera Observations: Quantifying the Ring's Structure in 1986 and its Modifications prior to the Year 2007

M. M. Hedman, I. Regan, T. Becker +3

The zeta ring is the innermost component of the Uranian ring system. It is of scientific interest because its morphology changed significantly between the Voyager 2 encounter in 19…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 21 cited

TOI-1859b: A 64-Day Warm Jupiter on an Eccentric and Misaligned Orbit

Jiayin Dong, Songhu Wang, Malena Rice +31

Warm Jupiters are close-in giant planets with relatively large planet-star separations (i.e., ). Given their weak tidal interactions with their host stars, meas…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 18 cited

Constraints on the initial mass, age and lifetime of Saturn's rings from viscous evolutions that include pollution and transport due to micrometeoroid bombardment

Paul R. Estrada, Richard. H. Durisen

The Cassini spacecraft provided key measurements during its more than twelve year mission that constrain the absolute age of Saturn's rings. These include the extrinsic micrometeor…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 14 cited

Large mass inflow rates in Saturn's rings due to ballistic transport and mass loading

R. H. Durisen, Paul. R. Estrada

The Cassini mission provided key measurements needed to determine the absolute age of Saturn's rings, including the extrinsic micrometeoroid flux at Saturn, the volume fraction of…

astro-ph.EP2023

Top-shaped Asteroids as Lens-shaped Bodies

Anthony R. Dobrovolskis, Jack J. Lissauer, Jose L. Alvarellos

Several asteroids are known to be shaped like toy tops. This paper models Top-Shaped Asteroids (TSAs) as Homogeneous Symmetric Lenses (HSLs), and derives their rotational, self-gra…