The K2-ESPRINT Project V: a short-period giant planet orbiting a subgiant star

Abstract

We report on the discovery and characterization of the transiting planet K2-39b (EPIC 206247743b). With an orbital period of 4.6 days, it is the shortest-period planet orbiting a subgiant star known to date. Such planets are rare, with only a handful of known cases. The reason for this is poorly understood, but may reflect differences in planet occurrence around the relatively high-mass stars that have been surveyed, or may be the result of tidal destruction of such planets. K2-39 is an evolved star with a spectroscopically derived stellar radius and mass of $3.88_{-0.42}^{+0.48}{\mathrm{R}}_{\odot }$ and $1.53_{-0.12}^{+0.13}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$, respectively, and a very close-in transiting planet, with $a/R_{\star }=3.4$. Radial velocity (RV) follow-up using the HARPS, FIES and PFS instruments leads to a planetary mass of $50.3_{-9.4}^{+9.7}{\mathrm{M}}_{\oplus }$. In combination with a radius measurement of $8.3\pm 1.1{\mathrm{R}}_{\oplus }$, this results in a mean planetary density of $0.50_{-0.17}^{+0.29}$ g~cm${}^{-3}$. We furthermore discover a long-term RV trend, which may be caused by a long-period planet or stellar companion. Because K2-39b has a short orbital period, its existence makes it seem unlikely that tidal destruction is wholly responsible for the differences in planet populations around subgiant and main-sequence stars. Future monitoring of the transits of this system may enable the detection of period decay and constrain the tidal dissipation rates of subgiant stars.

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