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astro-ph.EP2026

Rescuing Kepler's False Positives: A Possible Habitable Zone Exoplanet in the Triple Star System KOI-1623

Rita Lanxuan Wang, Daniel Huber, Daniel Hey +6

The Kepler mission has significantly advanced our understanding of exoplanet demographics. However, Kepler planet candidates showing centroid shifts are often classified as false-p…

astro-ph.EP2026

Spin-Orbit Alignment of Two Neptune-size Planets Younger than 500 Myr: TOI-560 b and TOI-5082 b

Elina Y. Zhang, Fei Dai, Andrew W. Howard +25

Stellar obliquity measurements provide a direct probe of planetary system dynamics, but remain sparse for Neptune-size planets, particularly at young ages. We present Rossiter-McLa…

astro-ph.EP2026

Thermal Eclipse Observation of the Young Hot Neptune AU Mic b with Spitzer

Kevin I. Collins, Peter Plavchan, Zachory Berta-Thompson +11

We present the observation of a secondary eclipse of the young hot Neptune, AU Mic b, in the infrared using the Spitzer Space Telescope. Using a primary transit from Spitzer to con…

astro-ph.EP2026

RVTESS I: Modeling Asteroseismic Signals with Simultaneous Photometry and RVs

Jiaxin Tang, Sharon X. Wang, Yaguang Li +22

Detecting small planets via the radial velocity method remains challenged by signals induced by stellar variability, versus the effects of the planet(s). Here, we explore using Gau…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

The OATMEAL Survey. II. The 3D spin-orbit obliquity of an eccentric transiting brown dwarf in the Ruprecht 147 open cluster

Theron W. Carmichael, Steven Giacalone, Noah Vowell +11

We present new analysis of the CWW 89 system as part of the Orbital Architectures of Transiting Massive Exoplanets And Low-mass stars (OATMEAL) survey. The CWW 89 system is a membe…

astro-ph.EP2025

TOI-6324b: An Earth-Mass Ultra-Short-Period Planet Transiting a Nearby M Dwarf

Rena A. Lee, Fei Dai, Andrew W. Howard +71

We report the confirmation of TOI-6324 b, an Earth-sized (1.059 0.041 R) ultra-short-period (USP) planet orbiting a nearby (20 pc) M dwarf. Using the newly com…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 2 cited

A Pair of Dynamically Interacting Sub-Neptunes Around TOI-6054

Maxwell A. Kroft, Thomas G. Beatty, Ian J. M. Crossfield +31

We confirm the planetary nature of a pair of transiting sub-Neptune exoplanets orbiting the bright F-type sub-giant star TOI-6054 (, ) as a part of the OrCAS radia…

astro-ph.EP2025

The TESS-Keck Survey XXIV: Outer Giants may be More Prevalent in the Presence of Inner Small Planets

Judah Van Zandt, Erik A. Petigura, Jack Lubin +38

We present the results of the Distant Giants Survey, a three-year radial velocity (RV) campaign to search for wide-separation giant planets orbiting Sun-like stars known to host an…

astro-ph.EP2024

OrCAS: Origins, Compositions, and Atmospheres of Sub-neptunes. I. Survey Definition

Ian J. M. Crossfield, Alex S. Polanski, Paul Robertson +61

Sub-Neptunes - volatile-rich exoplanets smaller than Neptune - are intrinsically the most common type of planet known. However, the formation and nature of these objects, as well a…

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★ 1 cited

The Compositions of Rocky Planets in Close-in Orbits Tend to be Earth-Like

Casey L. Brinkman, Lauren M. Weiss, Daniel Huber +54

Hundreds of exoplanets between 1-1.8 times the size of the Earth have been discovered on close in orbits. However, these planets show such a diversity in densities that some appear…

astro-ph.EP2024

Revisiting the Relationship Between Rocky Exoplanet and Stellar Compositions: Reduced Evidence for a Super-Mercury Population

Casey L. Brinkman, Alex S. Polanski, Daniel Huber +3

Planets and the stars they orbit are born from the same cloud of gas and dust, and the primordial compositions of rocky exoplanets have been assumed to have iron and refractory abu…

astro-ph.EP2024

Discovery of a Jupiter Analog Misaligned to the Inner Planetary System in HD 73344

Jingwen Zhang, Lauren M. Weiss, Daniel Huber +6

We present the discovery of a Jupiter-like planet, HD 73344 d (, AU, ) based on…

astro-ph.EP2024

Obliquity Constraints for the Extremely Eccentric Sub-Saturn Kepler-1656 b

Ryan A. Rubenzahl, Andrew W. Howard, Samuel Halverson +25

The orbits of close-in exoplanets provide clues to their formation and evolutionary history. Many close-in exoplanets likely formed far out in their protoplanetary disks and migrat…

astro-ph.EP2024

An Earth-sized Planet on the Verge of Tidal Disruption

Fei Dai, Andrew W. Howard, Samuel Halverson +95

TOI-6255~b (GJ 4256) is an Earth-sized planet (1.079 ) with an orbital period of only 5.7 hours. With the newly commissioned Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and CARMEN…

astro-ph.EP2024

A Testbed for Tidal Migration: the 3D Architecture of an Eccentric Hot Jupiter HD 118203 b Accompanied by a Possibly Aligned Outer Giant Planet

Jingwen Zhang, Daniel Huber, Lauren M. Weiss +31

Characterizing outer companions to hot Jupiters plays a crucial role in deciphering their origins. We present the discovery of a long-period giant planet, HD 118203 c ($m_{c}=11.79…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 53 cited

The TESS-Keck Survey XX: 15 New TESS Planets and a Uniform RV Analysis of all Survey Targets

Alex S. Polanski, Jack Lubin, Corey beard +69

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered hundreds of new worlds, with TESS planet candidates now outnumbering the total number of confirmed planets from $\te…

astro-ph.EP2024

The TESS-Keck Survey. XXII. A sub-Neptune Orbiting TOI-1437

Daria Pidhorodetska, Emily A. Gilbert, Stephen R. Kane +40

Exoplanet discoveries have revealed a dramatic diversity of planet sizes across a vast array of orbital architectures. Sub-Neptunes are of particular interest; due to their absence…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 2 cited

The TESS-Keck Survey XXI: 13 New Planets and Homogeneous Properties for 21 Subgiant Systems

Ashley Chontos, Daniel Huber, Samuel K. Grunblatt +67

We present a dedicated transit and radial velocity survey of planets orbiting subgiant stars observed by the TESS Mission. Using nights on Keck/HIRES, we confirm and cha…

astro-ph.EP2024

The TESS-Keck Survey. XII. A Dense 1.8 R Ultra-Short-Period Planet Possibly Clinging to a High-Mean-Molecular-Weight Atmosphere After the First Gyr

Ryan A. Rubenzahl, Fei Dai, Andrew W. Howard +39

The extreme environments of ultra-short-period planets (USPs) make excellent laboratories to study how exoplanets obtain, lose, retain, and/or regain gaseous atmospheres. We presen…

astro-ph.EP2024

The TESS-Keck Survey. XVIII. A sub-Neptune and spurious long-period signal in the TOI-1751 system

Anmol Desai, Emma V. Turtelboom, Caleb K. Harada +37

We present and confirm TOI-1751 b, a transiting sub-Neptune orbiting a slightly evolved, solar-type, metal-poor star ( K, , V = 9.3 ma…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 1 cited

The TESS-Keck Survey. XIX. A Warm Transiting Sub-Saturn Mass Planet and a non-Transiting Saturn Mass Planet Orbiting a Solar Analog

Michelle L. Hill, Stephen R. Kane, Paul A. Dalba +45

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) continues to dramatically increase the number of known transiting exoplanets, and is optimal for monitoring bright stars amenable t…

astro-ph.EP2023

The TESS-Keck Survey XVII: Precise Mass Measurements in a Young, High Multiplicity Transiting Planet System using Radial Velocities and Transit Timing Variations

Corey Beard, Paul Robertson, Fei Dai +41

We present a radial velocity (RV) analysis of TOI-1136, a bright TESS system with six confirmed transiting planets, and a seventh single-transiting planet candidate. All planets in…