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most citedThe K2 Mission: Characterization and Early results

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187 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Comparing Optimized Systematic Error Correction Methods on Selected TESS Light Curves

David Rapetti, Jon Jenkins, Joseph Twicken +2

The correction of systematic errors in TESS light curves is crucial for all astrophysical analyses employing these observations. Here we present a data analysis and a software pack…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 1 cited

ASTEP confirmation of a pair of long-period Jupiter-sized planets with extremely low densities transiting TOI-791

Georgina Dransfield, Antoine C. Petit, Amaury H. M. J. Triaud +45

Gas giant planets with periods orbiting Sun-like stars are a relatively uncommon outcome of planetary formation, and key questions about the nature and form…

astro-ph.EP2026

ExoMiner++ 2.0: Vetting TESS Full-Frame Image Transit Signals

Miguel J. S. Martinho, Hamed Valizadegan, Jon M. Jenkins +4

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Full-Frame Images (FFIs) provide photometric time series for millions of stars, enabling transit searches beyond the limited set of…

astro-ph.EP2025

From Earths to Super-Earths: Five New Small Planets Transiting M Dwarf Stars

Jonathan Gomez Barrientos, Heather A. Knutson, Morgan Saidel +39

Earth-sized planets transiting M dwarf stars present one of the best opportunities with current facilities for studying the atmospheric and bulk compositions of terrestrial worlds.…

astro-ph.EP2025

Validation of a Third Earth-sized Planet in the TOI-2267 Binary System

Michael Greklek-McKeon, Jonathan Gomez Barrientos, Heather A. Knutson +13

We report the validation of a third terrestrial exoplanet in the nearby (22 pc) TOI-2267 system. TOI-2267 is a binary system with stellar components TOI-2267A (M5, 3030 K) and TOI-…

astro-ph.EP2025

Multicolour Validation of Two Temperate Mini-Neptunes Around M-dwarf Habitable Zones

Chengzi Jiang, Aleksandra Selezneva, Hannu Parviainen +17

For small planets orbiting within the habitable zones of their host stars, multicolour validation via photometric transit observations offers an efficient alternative to prioritize…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

A four-planet system orbiting the old thick disk star TOI-1203

D. Gandolfi, A. Alnajjarine, L. M. Serrano +120

TOI-1203 is a bright (V=8.6) G3 V star known to host a transiting warm sub-Neptune on a 25.5 d orbit. Here we report on an intensive high-precision radial velocity and photometric…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 8 cited

Two warm Earth-sized exoplanets and an Earth-sized candidate in the M5V-M6V binary system TOI-2267

S. Zúñiga-Fernández, F. J. Pozuelos, M. Dévora-Pajares +63

We report two warm Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting the close binary TOI-2267 (M5+M6, separation ~8 au). Data from TESS and ground-based facilities confirm the planets, but we canno…

astro-ph.EP2025

TOI-1438: A rare system with two short-period sub-Neptunes and a tentative long-period Jupiter-like planet orbiting a K0V star

Carina M. Persson, Emil Knudstrup, Ilaria Carleo +44

We present the detection and characterisation of the TOI-1438 multi-planet system discovered by TESS. We collected a series of follow-up observations including high-spectral resolu…

astro-ph.EP2025

TOI-2407 b: a warm Neptune in the desert

C. Janó Muñoz, M. J. Hooton, P. P. Pedersen +22

We present the validation of TOI-2407 b, a warm Neptune-sized planet with a radius of 4.26 0.26 R, orbiting an early M-type star with a period of 2.7 days and an equ…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 2 cited

TESS Science Processing Operations Center Photometric Precision Archival Product

Joseph D. Twicken, Jon M. Jenkins, Douglas A. Caldwell +11

We report the delivery to the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST) of tables containing Root Mean Square (RMS) Combined Differential Photometric Precision (CDPP) values for…

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.EP2025

TOI-6478 b: a cold under-dense Neptune transiting a fully convective M dwarf from the thick disc

Madison G. Scott, Amaury H. M. J. Triaud, Khalid Barkaoui +25

Growing numbers of exoplanet detections continue to reveal the diverse nature of planetary systems. Planet formation around late-type M dwarfs is of particular interest. These syst…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

ExoMiner++: Enhanced Transit Classification and a New Vetting Catalog for 2-Minute TESS Data

Hamed Valizadegan, Miguel J. S. Martinho, Jon M. Jenkins +24

We present ExoMiner++, an enhanced deep learning model that builds on the success of ExoMiner to improve transit signal classification in 2-minute TESS data. ExoMiner++ incorporate…

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★ 10 cited

Characterization of seven transiting systems including four warm Jupiters from SOPHIE and TESS

N. Heidari, G. H'ebrard, E. Martioli +65

We present the study of seven systems, three of which TOI-2295, TOI-2537, and TOI-5110 are newly discovered planetary systems. Through the analysis of TESS photometry, SOPHIE radia…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 3 cited

A joint effort to discover and characterize two resonant mini Neptunes around TOI-1803 with TESS, HARPS-N and CHEOPS

T. Zingales, L. Malavolta, L. Borsato +130

We present the discovery of two mini Neptunes near a 2:1 orbital resonance configuration orbiting the K0 star TOI-1803. We describe their orbital architecture in detail and suggest…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 34 cited

A giant planet transiting a 3-Myr protostar with a misaligned disk

Madyson G. Barber, Andrew W. Mann, Andrew Vanderburg +35

Astronomers have found more than a dozen planets transiting 10-40 million year old stars, but even younger transiting planets have remained elusive. A possible reason for the lack…

astro-ph.EP2024

TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME) XII: A Young Mini-Neptune on the Upper Edge of the Radius Valley in the Hyades Cluster

Adam Distler, Melinda Soares-Furtado, Andrew Vanderburg +18

We present the discovery and characterization of TOI-4364\,b, a young mini-Neptune in the tidal tails of the Hyades cluster, identified through TESS transit observations and ground…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 11 cited

Validation of up to seven TESS planet candidates through multi-colour transit photometry using MuSCAT2 data

A. Peláez-Torres, E. Esparza-Borges, E. Pallé +62

The TESS mission searches for transiting exoplanets by monitoring the brightness of hundreds of thousands of stars across the entire sky. M-type planet hosts are ideal targets for…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 3 cited

TOI-2458 b: A mini-Neptune consistent with in situ hot Jupiter formation

Ján Šubjak, Davide Gandolfi, Elisa Goffo +33

We report on the discovery and spectroscopic confirmation of TOI-2458 b, a transiting mini-Neptune around an F-type star leaving the main-sequence with a mass of $M_\star=1.05 \pm…

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★ 23 cited

TOI-1408: Discovery and Photodynamical Modeling of a Small Inner Companion to a Hot Jupiter Revealed by TTVs

Judith Korth, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Hannu Parviainen +60

We report the discovery and characterization of a small planet, TOI-1408 c, on a 2.2-day orbit located interior to a previously known hot Jupiter, TOI-1408 b ( d, $M=1.86\p…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 10 cited

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Revisiting the GJ 581 multi-planetary system with new Doppler measurements from CARMENES, HARPS, and HIRES

A. von Stauffenberg, T. Trifonov, A. Quirrenbach +18

GJ 581 is a nearby M dwarf known to host a packed multiple planet system with 2 super-Earths and a Neptune-mass planet. We present new orbital analyses of the system, utilizing rec…