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astro-ph.EP2026

A population view of transiting hot giant exoplanets: Tracing Fe and Ti chemistry with ESPRESSO and MAROON-X

Bibiana Prinoth, Vivien Parmentier, Stefan Pelletier +9

Hot and ultra-hot Jupiters offer a unique laboratory to study atmospheric chemistry at the population level using ground-based high-resolution spectroscopy. Fe and Ti are key trace…

astro-ph.EP2026

Direct spectroscopic confirmation of the young embedded proto-planet WISPIT 2c

Chloe Lawlor, Richelle F. van Capelleveen, Guillaume Bourdarot +18

WISPIT 2 is a nearby young star with a multi-ringed disk which was recently confirmed to host a ~4.9 MJup gas giant planet embedded in a large (60 au) gap at a radial separation of…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 8 cited

Exomoon search with VLTI/GRAVITY around the substellar companion HD 206893 B

Q. Kral, J. Wang, J. Kammerer +130

Direct astrometric detection of exomoons remains unexplored. This study presents the first application of high-precision astrometry to search for exomoons around substellar compani…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 6 cited

The ExoGRAVITY survey: A K-band spectral library of giant exoplanet and brown dwarf companions

J. Kammerer, T. O. Winterhalder, S. Lacour +106

Direct observations of exoplanet and brown dwarf companions with near-infrared interferometry, first enabled by the dual-field mode of VLTI/GRAVITY, provide unique measurements of…

astro-ph.EP2025

Constraints on the Orbit of the Young Substellar Companion GQ Lup B from High-Resolution Spectroscopy and VLTI/GRAVITY Astrometry

Vidya Venkatesan, S. Blunt, J. J. Wang +99

Understanding the orbits of giant planets is critical for testing planet formation models, particularly at wide separations greater than 10 au where traditional core accretion beco…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 5 cited

Astrometric exomoon detection by means of optical interferometry

T. O. Winterhalder, A. Mérand, J. Kammerer +12

Context: With no conclusive detection to date, the search for exomoons, satellites of planets orbiting other stars, remains a formidable challenge. Detecting these objects, compili…

astro-ph.EP2025

New Orbital Constraints for YSES 1 b and HR 2562 B from High-Precision Astrometry and Planetary Radial Velocities

Jonathan Roberts, William Thompson, Jason J. Wang +20

We present new VLTI/GRAVITY astrometry and updated orbit fits for the directly imaged companions YSES 1 b and HR 2562 B, substellar objects straddling the planet-brown dwarf bounda…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

The mid-infrared spectrum of Pictoris b. First VLTI/MATISSE interferometric observations of an exoplanet

M. Houllé, F. Millour, P. Berio +46

Few spectra of directly-imaged exoplanets have been obtained in the mid-infrared (> 3 m). This region is particularly rich in molecular spectral signatures, whose measurements c…

astro-ph.EP2025

Direct imaging discovery of a young giant planet orbiting on Solar System scales

T. Stolker, M. Samland, L. B. F. M. Waters +102

HD 135344 AB is a young visual binary system that is best known for the protoplanetary disk around the secondary star. The circumstellar environment of the A0-type primary star, on…

astro-ph.EP2025

Orbit and atmosphere of HIP 99770 b through the eyes of VLTI/GRAVITY

T. O. Winterhalder, J. Kammerer, S. Lacour +92

Context: Inferring the likely formation channel of giant exoplanets and brown dwarf companions from orbital and atmospheric observables remains a formidable challenge. Further and…

astro-ph.EP2025

Follow-Up Exploration of the TWA 7 Planet-Disk System with JWST NIRCam

Katie A. Crotts, Aarynn L. Carter, Kellen Lawson +39

The young M-star TWA 7 hosts a bright and near face-on debris disk, which has been imaged from the optical to the submillimeter. The disk displays multiple complex substructures su…

astro-ph.EP2025

Probing the Outskirts of M Dwarf Planetary Systems with a Cycle 1 JWST NIRCam Coronagraphy Survey

Ellis Bogat, Joshua E. Schlieder, Kellen D. Lawson +18

The population of giant planets on wide orbits around low-mass M dwarf stars is poorly understood, but the unprecedented sensitivity of JWST NIRCam coronagraphic imaging now provid…

astro-ph.EP2024

VLTI/GRAVITY Observations of AF Lep b: Preference for Circular Orbits, Cloudy Atmospheres, and a Moderately Enhanced Metallicity

William O. Balmer, Kyle Franson, Antoine Chomez +26

Direct imaging observations are biased towards wide-separation, massive companions that have degenerate formation histories. Although the majority of exoplanets are expected to for…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 54 cited

Four-of-a-kind? Comprehensive atmospheric characterisation of the HR 8799 planets with VLTI/GRAVITY

E. Nasedkin, P. Mollière, S. Lacour +95

With four companions at separations from 16 to 71 au, HR 8799 is a unique target for direct imaging, presenting an opportunity for the comparative study of exoplanets with a shared…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 16 cited

Combining Gaia and GRAVITY: Characterising five new Directly Detected Substellar Companions

T. O. Winterhalder, S. Lacour, A. Mérand +96

Precise mass constraints are vital for the characterisation of brown dwarfs and exoplanets. Here we present how the combination of data obtained by Gaia and GRAVITY can help enlarg…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 11 cited

High-resolution survey for planetary companions to young stars in the Taurus Molecular Cloud

A. L. Wallace, J. Kammerer, M. J. Ireland +6

Direct imaging in the infrared at the diffraction limit of large telescopes is a unique probe of the properties of young planetary systems. We survey 55 single class I and class II…