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astro-ph.EP2024★ 4 cited

TOI-1199 b and TOI-1273 b: Two new transiting hot Saturns detected and characterized with SOPHIE and TESS

J. Serrano Bell, R. F. Díaz, G. Hébrard +41

We report the characterization of two planet candidates detected by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), TOI-1199 b and TOI-1273 b, with periods of 3.7 and 4.6 days, r…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 11 cited

TOI-1736 and TOI-2141: two systems including sub-Neptunes around solar analogs revealed by TESS and SOPHIE

E. Martioli, G. Hébrard, L. de Almeida +31

Planetary systems around solar analogs inform us about how planets form and evolve in Solar System-like environments. We report the detection and characterization of two planetary…

astro-ph.EP2023

Characterising TOI-732 b and c: New insights into the M-dwarf radius and density valley

A. Bonfanti, M. Brady, T. G. Wilson +88

TOI-732 is an M dwarf hosting two transiting planets that are located on the two opposite sides of the radius valley. By doubling the number of available space-based observations a…

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

CHEOPS observations of KELT-20 b/MASCARA-2 b: An aligned orbit and signs of variability from a reflective dayside

V. Singh, G. Scandariato, A. M. S. Smith +87

Occultations are windows of opportunity to indirectly peek into the dayside atmosphere of exoplanets. High-precision transit events provide information on the spin-orbit alignment…

astro-ph.EP2023

No random transits in CHEOPS observations of HD 139139

R. Alonso, S. Hoyer, M. Deleuil +78

HD 139139 (a.k.a. 'The Random Transiter') is a star that exhibited enigmatic transit-like features with no apparent periodicity in K2 data. The shallow depth of the events (2…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 20 cited

On the 12C/13C isotopic ratio at the dawn of chemical evolution

P. Molaro, D. S. Aguado, E. Caffau +21

The known Mega and Hyper Metal-Poor (MMP-HMP) stars with [Fe/H]<-6.0 and <-5.0, respectively, likely belong to the CEMP-no class, i.e. carbon-enhanced stars with low or absent seco…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 10 cited

Planets around evolved intermediate-mass stars III. Planet candidates and long-term activity signals in six open clusters

E. Delgado Mena, J. Gomes da Silva, J. P. Faria +6

[abridged]The aim of this work is to search for planets around evolved stars, with a special focus on stars more massive than 2\,M in light of previous findings that show a…

astro-ph.EP2023

Constraining the reflective properties of WASP-178b using Cheops photometry

I. Pagano, G. Scandariato, V. Singh +79

Multiwavelength photometry of the secondary eclipses of extrasolar planets is able to disentangle the reflected and thermally emitted light radiated from the planetary dayside. Thi…

astro-ph.EP2023

A compact multi-planet system transiting HIP 29442 (TOI-469) discovered by TESS and ESPRESSO. Radial velocities lead to the detection of transits with low signal-to-noise ratio

M. Damasso, J. Rodrigues, A. Castro-González +52

We followed-up with ESPRESSO the K0V star HIP 29442 (TOI-469), already known to host a validated sub-Neptune companion TOI-469.01. We aim to verify the planetary nature of TOI-469.…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 12 cited

Refining the properties of the TOI-178 system with CHEOPS and TESS

L. Delrez, A. Leleu, A. Brandeker +84

The TOI-178 system consists of a nearby late K-dwarf transited by six planets in the super-Earth to mini-Neptune regime, with orbital periods between 1.9 and 20.7 days. All planets…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 11 cited

CHEOPS and TESS view of the ultra-short period super-Earth TOI-561 b

J. A. Patel, J. A. Egger, T. G. Wilson +75

Ultra-short period planets (USPs) are a unique class of super-Earths with an orbital period of less than a day and hence subject to intense radiation from their host star. While mo…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 23 cited

Investigating the visible phase-curve variability of 55 Cnc e

E. A. Meier Valdés, B. M. Morris, B. -O. Demory +87

55 Cnc e is an ultra-short period super-Earth transiting a Sun-like star. Previous observations in the optical range detected a time-variable flux modulation that is phased with th…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 13 cited

Refined parameters of the HD 22946 planetary system and the true orbital period of planet d

Z. Garai, H. P. Osborn, D. Gandolfi +85

Multi-planet systems are important sources of information regarding the evolution of planets. However, the long-period planets in these systems often escape detection. HD 22946 is…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 25 cited

TOI-5678 b: A 48-day transiting Neptune-mass planet characterized with CHEOPS and HARPS

S. Ulmer-Moll, H. P. Osborn, A. Tuson +92

A large sample of long-period giant planets has been discovered thanks to long-term radial velocity surveys, but only a few dozen of these planets have a precise radius measurement…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 42 cited

An unusually low-density super-Earth transiting the bright early-type M-dwarf GJ 1018 (TOI-244)

A. Castro-González, O. D. S. Demangeon, J. Lillo-Box +34

Small planets located at the lower mode of the bimodal radius distribution are generally assumed to be composed of iron and silicates in a proportion similar to that of the Earth.…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 35 cited

Characterisation of stellar activity of M dwarfs. I. Long-timescale variability in a large sample and detection of new cycles

L. Mignon, N. Meunier, X. Delfosse +7

M dwarfs are active stars that exhibit variability in chromospheric emission and photometry at short and long timescales, including long cycles that are related to dynamo processes…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 19 cited

The young mini-Neptune HD 207496b that is either a naked core or on the verge of becoming one

S. C. C. Barros, O. D. S. Demangeon, D. J. Armstrong +40

We report the discovery and characterisation of the transiting mini-Neptune HD~207496~b (TOI-1099) as part of a large programme that aims to characterise naked core planets. We obt…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 27 cited

A new dynamical modeling of the WASP-47 system with CHEOPS observations

V. Nascimbeni, L. Borsato, T. Zingales +80

Among the hundreds of known hot Jupiters (HJs), only five have been found to have companions on short-period orbits. Within this rare class of multiple planetary systems, the archi…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 10 cited

TOI-1055 b: Neptunian planet characterised with HARPS, TESS, and CHEOPS

A. Bonfanti, D. Gandolfi, J. A. Egger +89

TOI-1055 is a Sun-like star known to host a transiting Neptune-sized planet on a 17.5-day orbit (TOI-1055 b). Radial velocity (RV) analyses carried out by two independent groups us…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 21 cited

Optical and near-infrared stellar activity characterization of the early M dwarf Gl~205 with SOPHIE and SPIRou

P. Cortes-Zuleta, I. Boisse, B. Klein +41

The stellar activity of M dwarfs is the main limitation for discovering and characterizing exoplanets orbiting them since it induces quasi-periodic RV variations. We aim to charact…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 2 cited

Glancing through the debris disk: Photometric analysis of DE Boo with CHEOPS

Á. Boldog, Gy. M. Szabó, L. Kriskovics +76

DE Boo is a unique system, with an edge-on view through the debris disk around the star. The disk, which is analogous to the Kuiper belt in the Solar System, was reported to extend…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 16 cited

A full transit of Lupi d and the search for an exomoon in its Hill sphere with CHEOPS

D. Ehrenreich, L. Delrez, B. Akinsanmi +90

The planetary system around the naked-eye star Lupi (HD 136352; TOI-2011) is composed of three exoplanets with masses of 4.7, 11.2, and 8.6 Earth masses. The TESS and CHEOPS…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 50 cited

Two temperate Earth-mass planets orbiting the nearby star GJ1002

A. Suárez Mascareño, E. González-Álvarez, M. R. Zapatero Osorio +42

We report the discovery and characterisation of two Earth-mass planets orbiting in the habitable zone of the nearby M-dwarf GJ~1002 based on the analysis of the radial-velocity (RV…