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astro-ph.EP2026

HD 715 b, a Warm Jupiter Orbiting a Massive Subgiant Discovered from a Single TESS Transit

Alexander Venner, Robert A. Wittenmyer, Andrew Vanderburg +23

Transiting Warm Jupiters orbiting bright stars are scarcely known, but a substantial number of these planets have been uncovered by the TESS mission. In this work we report the dis…

astro-ph.EP2026

An Infant Sub-Saturn in Scorpius-Centaurus

Gurmeher Kathuria, Luke G. Bouma, Andrew W. Boyle +25

We report the discovery and validation of TIC 88297141 Ab, a transiting planet orbiting a pre-main-sequence M dwarf (0.31 solar masses, 0.74 solar radii) in the Scorpius-Centaurus…

astro-ph.EP2026

Spin-Orbit Geometry of AU Mic b and c from Back-to-Back Transits Observed Contemporaneously with Magellan PFS, LCOGT, and CHEOPS

Zitao Lin, Gyula M. Szabó, Krzysztof Sz. Zieliński +37

Young planets offer a unique window into the early stages of planetary evolution. AU Mic is one of the nearest (9.8 pc) pre-main sequence stars (~20 Myr), hosting two transiting Ne…

astro-ph.EP2026

Discovery of an Inflated Hot Neptune and Its Formation from Jovian Mass Loss

Grant C. Weldon, Samuel W. Yee, Bradley M. S. Hansen +17

The production of Neptune-like planets with orbital periods of 3--6 days is challenging for conventional models of high-eccentricity migration. We present the discovery and charact…

astro-ph.EP2026

The T16 Planet Hunt: 10,000 New Planet Candidates from TESS Cycle 1 and the Confirmation of a Hot Jupiter Around TIC 183374187

Joshua T. Roth, Joel D. Hartman, Gáspár Á. Bakos +12

The T16 project has produced a uniformly detrended and systematics-corrected set of 83,717,159 TESS Cycle 1 full-frame image light curves for stars observed by TESS in its primary…

astro-ph.SR2026

Radial Velocity Evidence for a Post-Mass-Transfer Massive Binary System NaSt1

Kittipong Wangnok, Samaporn Tinyanont, Ryan M. Lau +11

We present multi-epoch high-resolution optical spectroscopy () of the emission-line object NaSt1 to test its proposed binary nature, along with long-term multiba…

astro-ph.EP2026

Two warm sub-Saturn mass planets identified from the TESS Full Frame Images

Felipe I. Rojas, Rafael Brahm, Andrés Jordán +47

Context. Characterization of warm giants is crucial to constrain giant planet formation and evolution. Measuring the mass and radius of these planets, combined with their moderated…

astro-ph.EP2026

HD 164604 c: a second giant planet on a 15-yr orbit and the constraint of the planet-planet mutual inclination

Guang-Yao Xiao, Fabo Feng, R. Paul Butler +4

We report the discovery of a new massive giant planet, HD 164604 c ( au, and or $7.6_{-1.0}…

astro-ph.EP2026

TOI-6692b: An eccentric 130 day period giant planet with a single transit from TESS

Allyson Bieryla, Karen A. Collins, George Zhou +46

We report the discovery and characterization of TOI-6692 b, an eccentric (e~0.54) Jupiter on a 130-day orbit. TOI-6692 b was first detected as a community TESS Object of Interest (…

astro-ph.EP2026

Detection of four cold Jupiters through combined analyses of radial velocity and astrometry data

Yiyun Wu, Guang-Yao Xiao, R. Paul Butler +19

Cold Jupiters play a crucial role in planet formation and dynamical evolution. Since their initial discovery around 47 UMa, they have attracted significant interest, yet their form…

astro-ph.EP2025

Giant Planets and Eccentric Orbits Are Common Around Galactic Thick Disc Stars

Thiago Ferreira, Jhon Yana Galarza, Henrique Reggiani +15

Planet formation in the Galactic thick disc is expected to be inefficient---low solid reservoirs, short disc lifetimes, and harsh irradiation environments should conspire to inhibi…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

MANGOS II: Five new giant planets orbiting low-mass stars

G. Dransfield, M. Timmermans, D. Sebastian +47

Giant planets orbiting low-mass stars on short orbits present a conundrum, as in the most extreme cases their existence cannot be reconciled with current models of core accretion.…

astro-ph.EP2025

HD 35843: A Sun-like star hosting a long period sub-Neptune and inner super-Earth

Katharine Hesse, Ismael Mireles, François Bouchy +52

We report the discovery and confirmation of two planets orbiting the metal-poor Sun-like star, HD 35843 (TOI 4189). HD 35843 c is a temperate sub-Neptune transiting planet with an…

astro-ph.EP2024

Two Earth-size Planets and an Earth-size Candidate Transiting the Nearby Star HD 101581

Michelle Kunimoto, Zifan Lin, Sarah Millholland +43

We report the validation of multiple planets transiting the nearby ( pc) K5V dwarf HD 101581 (GJ 435, TOI-6276, TIC 397362481). The system consists of at least two Earth-…

astro-ph.EP2024

Discovery and Characterization of an Eccentric, Warm Saturn Transiting the Solar Analog TOI-4994

Romy Rodriguez Martinez, Jason D. Eastman, Karen Collins +46

We present the detection and characterization of TOI-4994b (TIC 277128619b), a warm Saturn-sized planet discovered by the NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). TOI-499…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 9 cited

Three Warm Jupiters orbiting TOI-6628, TOI-3837, TOI-5027 and one sub-Saturn orbiting TOI-2328

Marcelo Tala Pinto, Andrés Jordán, Lorena Acuña +35

We report the discovery and characterization of three new transiting giant planets orbiting TOI-6628, TOI-3837 and TOI-5027, and one new warm sub-Saturn orbiting TOI-2328, whose tr…

astro-ph.EP2024

TESS Giants Transiting Giants. VII. A Hot Saturn Orbiting an Oscillating Red Giant Star

Nicholas Saunders, Samuel K. Grunblatt, Daniel Huber +26

We present the discovery of TOI-7041 b (TIC 201175570 b), a hot Saturn transiting a red giant star with measurable stellar oscillations. We observe solar-like oscillations in TOI-7…

astro-ph.EP2024

HD 222237 b: a long period super-Jupiter around a nearby star revealed by radial-velocity and Hipparcos-Gaia astrometry

Guang-Yao Xiao, Fabo Feng, Stephen A. Shectman +16

Giant planets on long period orbits around the nearest stars are among the easiest to directly image. Unfortunately these planets are difficult to fully constrain by indirect metho…

astro-ph.EP2024

TOI-2379 b and TOI-2384 b: two super-Jupiter mass planets transiting low-mass host stars

Edward M. Bryant, Daniel Bayliss, Joel D. Hartman +31

Short-period gas giant planets have been shown to be significantly rarer for host stars less massive than the Sun. We report the discovery of two transiting giant planets - TOI-237…

astro-ph.EP2024

Single-Star Warm-Jupiter Systems Tend to Be Aligned, Even Around Hot Stellar Hosts: No Dependency

Xian-Yu Wang, Malena Rice, Songhu Wang +22

The stellar obliquity distribution of warm-Jupiter systems is crucial for constraining the dynamical history of Jovian exoplanets, as the warm Jupiters' tidal detachment likely pre…

astro-ph.EP2024

TOI-757 b: an eccentric transiting mini-Neptune on a 17.5-d orbit

A. Alqasim, N. Grieves, N. M. Rosário +129

We report the spectroscopic confirmation and fundamental properties of TOI-757 b, a mini-Neptune on a 17.5-day orbit transiting a bright star ( mag) discovered by the TESS…

astro-ph.EP2024

TOI-2374 b and TOI-3071 b: two metal-rich sub-Saturns well within the Neptunian desert

Alejandro Hacker, Rodrigo F. Díaz, David J. Armstrong +40

We report the discovery of two transiting planets detected by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), TOI-2374 b and TOI-3071 b, orbiting a K5V and an F8V star, respectiv…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 1 cited

TOI-2447 b / NGTS-29 b: a 69-day Saturn around a Solar analogue

Samuel Gill, Daniel Bayliss, Solène Ulmer-Moll +63

Discovering transiting exoplanets with relatively long orbital periods (10 days) is crucial to facilitate the study of cool exoplanet atmospheres () and to u…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 1 cited

NGTS-30 b/TOI-4862 b: An 1 Gyr old 98-day transiting warm Jupiter

M. P. Battley, K. A. Collins, S. Ulmer-Moll +63

Long-period transiting exoplanets bridge the gap between the bulk of transit- and Doppler-based exoplanet discoveries, providing key insights into the formation and evolution of pl…