EPIC 246851721 b: A Tropical Jupiter Transiting a Rapidly Rotating Star in a Well-Aligned Orbit

Abstract

We report the discovery of EPIC 246851721 b, a "tropical" Jupiter in a 6.18-day orbit around the bright ($V=11.439$) star EPIC 246851721 (TYC 1283-739-1). We present a detailed analysis of the system using $K2$ and ground-based photometry, radial velocities, Doppler tomography and adaptive optics imaging. From our global models, we infer that the host star is a rapidly rotating ($v\sin i=74.92$ km s${}^{-1}$) F dwarf with $T_{\mathrm{eff}}$ = 6202 K, $R_{\star }=1.586R_{\odot }$ and $M_{\star }=1.317M_{\odot }$. EPIC 246851721 b has a radius of $1.051\pm 0.044R_J$, and a mass of 3.0${}_{-1.2}^{+1.1}{M}_J$ . Doppler tomography reveals an aligned spin-orbit geometry, with a projected obliquity of $-1.47_{-0.86}^{\circ +0.87}$, making EPIC 246851721 the fourth hottest star to host a Jovian planet with $P>5$ days and a known obliquity. Using quasi-periodic signatures in its light curve that appear to be spot modulations, we estimate the star's rotation period, and thereby infer the true obliquity of the system to be $3.7_{-1.8}^{\circ +3.7}$. We argue that this near-zero obliquity is likely to be primordial rather than a result of tidal damping. The host star also has a bound stellar companion, a $0.4M_{\odot }$ M dwarf at a projected separation of 2100 AU, but the companion is likely incapable of emplacing EPIC 246851721 b in its current orbit via high eccentricity Kozai-Lidov migration.

arXiv comment15 pages, 11 figures. Accepted for publication in AJ

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