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most citedThe TESS Objects of Interest Catalog from the TESS Prime Mission

392 citations · 3.2k across the 146 of their papers we have counts for

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151 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Searching for hot water world candidates with CHEOPS: II. A low-density super-Earth orbiting the K dwarf TOI-2211

J. A. Egger, P. Cortés-Zuleta, D. Kubyshkina +98

Small exoplanets on close-in orbits are exposed to high levels of stellar irradiation, which can effectively remove low-mass primordial H/He envelopes through atmospheric escape. U…

astro-ph.EP2026

Migration and Evolution of giant ExoPlanets (MEEP). III. Twenty-Nine Giant Planets from the TESS Mission

Jack Schulte, Joseph E. Rodriguez, David W. Latham +97

We present the discovery and characterization of 29 hot and warm Jupiter systems transiting bright () FGK stars using TESS data and ground-based photometry and spectrosco…

astro-ph.EP2026

CAFE follow-up of TESS hot Jupiter candidates left behind: I. Five newly confirmed planets and a false positive

J. Lillo-Box, C. Cifuentes, O. Balsalobre-Ruza +56

Hot Jupiters are key targets for understanding planet formation, migration, and atmospheres. Yet, most ground-based follow-up resources for the TESS mission are focused on confirmi…

astro-ph.EP2026

TOI-159 b: an eccentric hot-Jupiter planet around a young, pulsating Doradus star

G. Mantovan, A. Llancaqueo Albornoz, A. Psaridi +16

Fast-rotating hot stars are challenging targets for exoplanet searches due to rotational broadening and stellar variability. Moreover, hot stars often exhibit pulsations, an additi…

physics.pop-ph2026

Lots of Shade on Satellite Constellations

Michael B. Lund

The high frequency of satellite launches, particularly over the last few years, has been a subject of significant concern, particularly relating to the future of observational astr…

astro-ph.EP2026

Gaia DR3 IDs for TESS Input Catalog Targets

Kevin K. Hardegree-Ullman, Melanie Swain, Jessie L. Christiansen +6

The TESS Input Catalog (TIC) was built on Gaia Data Release 2 (DR2). To date, there has not been an update to the TIC to incorporate Gaia Data Release 3 (DR3) IDs. In this Research…

astro-ph.EP2026

GJ 523b is a Massive, 170 Myr-old Mega-Earth, Likely on a Polar Orbit

Maxwell A. Kroft, Thomas G. Beatty, Joseph M. Salzer +18

We use WIYN/NEID radial velocity measurements to confirm the planetary nature and measure the mass of the TESS transiting exoplanet candidate around the mid-K dwarf GJ 523 ($V=9.23…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 1 cited

Gas-depleted planet formation occurred in the four-planet system around the red dwarf LHS 1903

Thomas G. Wilson, Anna M. Simpson, Andrew Collier Cameron +173

Small exoplanet radii show two populations, referred to as super-Earths and sub-Neptunes, separated by a gap known as the radius valley. This may be produced by the removal of atmo…

astro-ph.EP2026

Modeling the Impact of Unresolved Stellar Companions on Detection Sensitivity in Kepler's Small Planet Occurrence Rates

Galen J. Bergsten, David R. Ciardi, Jessie L. Christiansen +5

Unresolved stellar companions can cause both under-estimations in the radii of transiting planets and over-estimations of their detectability, affecting our ability to reliably mea…

astro-ph.EP2026

TOI-3862 b: A dense super-Neptune deep in the hot Neptune desert

Ilaria Carleo, Amadeo Castro-González, Enric Pallé +61

The structure and evolution of close-in exoplanets are shaped by atmospheric loss and migration processes, which give rise to key population features such as the hot Neptune desert…

astro-ph.SR2026

Paving the Road to the Habitable Worlds Observatory with High-Resolution Imaging I: New and Archival Speckle Observations of Potential HWO Target Stars

Zachary D. Hartman, Catherine A. Clark, Michael B. Lund +15

One of the key goals of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is to directly image about 25 potentially habitable exoplanets and determine their properties. This challenge will re…

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

An Ancient Brown Dwarf Transiting a Metal-Poor Thick Disk Star

Jéa Adams Redai, Vedant Chandra, Samuel W. Yee +20

We report the discovery of TOI-7019b, the first transiting brown dwarf (BD) known to orbit a star that is part of the Milky Way's ancient thick disk, as defined chemically ([Fe/H]…

astro-ph.EP2025

Precise mass and radius determination for two new and one known Neptune-sized planets around G Dwarf hosts

Ilaria Carleo, Grzegorz Nowak, Felipe Murgas +56

As part of the KESPRINT collaboration, we present the discovery and characterization of three exoplanets in the sub-Neptune to super-Neptune regime, spanning key regions of the exo…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

TOI-1743 b, TOI-5799 b, TOI-5799 c and TOI-6223 b: TESS discovery and validation of four super-Earth to Neptune-sized planets around M dwarfs

S. Yalçınkaya, K. Barkaoui, Ö. Baştürk +62

We present the discovery by the TESS mission of one transiting Neptune-sized planet, TOI-6223 b and two transiting super-Earths, TOI-1743 b and TOI-5799 b. We validate these planet…

astro-ph.EP2025

Validation of TESS Planet Candidates with Multi-Color Transit Photometry and TRICERATOPS+

Jonathan Gomez Barrientos, Michael Greklek-McKeon, Heather A. Knutson +33

We present an upgraded version of TRICERATOPS, a software package designed to calculate false positive probabilities for planet candidates identified by the Transiting Exoplanet Su…

astro-ph.EP2025

The Hot Neptune Initiative (HONEI) II. TOI-5795 b: A hot super-Neptune orbiting a metal-poor star

F. Manni, L. Naponiello, L. Mancini +31

The formation of Neptune planets with orbital periods less than 10\,days remains uncertain. They might have developed similarly to longer-period counterparts, emerged from rare col…

astro-ph.EP2025

The TESS Grand Unified Hot Jupiter Survey. III. Thirty More Giant Planets

Samuel W. Yee, Joshua N. Winn, Joel D. Hartman +123

We present the discovery of 30 transiting giant planets that were initially detected using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission. These new planets…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 4 cited

Giant Outer Transiting Exoplanet Mass (GOT 'EM) Survey. VI: Confirmation of a Long-Period Giant Planet Discovered with a Single TESS Transit

Zahra Essack, Diana Dragomir, Paul A. Dalba +81

We report the discovery and confirmation of TOI-4465 b, a , giant planet orbiting a G dwarf star at 122 pc. The planet was…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

The NASA Exoplanet Archive and Exoplanet Follow-up Observing Program: Data, Tools, and Usage

Jessie L. Christiansen, Douglas L. McElroy, Marcy Harbut +17

The NASA Exoplanet Archive and the Exoplanet Follow-up Observing Program service are two widely used resources for the exoplanet community. The NASA Exoplanet Archive provides a co…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 6 cited

The Hot-Neptune Initiative (HONEI) I. Two hot sub-Neptunes on a close-in, eccentric orbit (TOI-5800 b) and a farther-out, circular orbit (TOI-5817 b)

L. Naponiello, S. Vissapragada, A. S. Bonomo +37

Neptune-sized exoplanets are key targets for atmospheric studies, yet their formation and evolution remain poorly understood due to their diverse characteristics and limited sample…

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★ 1 cited

A Swarm of WASP Planets: Nine giant planets identified by the WASP survey

Nicole Schanche, Guillaume Hébrard, Keivan G. Stassun +52

The Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) survey provided some of the first transiting hot Jupiter candidates. With the addition of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS),…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 5 cited

Investigating the eccentricity distribution of transiting, long-period giant planets

Ahlam Alqasim, Teruyuki Hirano, Yasunori Hori +12

Eccentric giant planets are predicted to have acquired their eccentricity through two major mechanisms: the Kozai-Lidov effect or planet-planet scattering, but it is normally diffi…