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astro-ph.EP2020★ 28 cited

TOI-519 b: a short-period substellar object around an M dwarf validated using multicolour photometry and phase curve analysis

H. Parviainen, E. Palle, M. R. Zapatero-Osorio +43

Context: We report the discovery of TOI-519 b (TIC 218795833), a transiting substellar object (R = 1.07 RJup) orbiting a faint M dwarf (V = 17.35) on a 1.26 d orbit. Brown dwarfs a…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 21 cited

An enhanced slope in the transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter WASP-104b

G. Chen, E. Palle, H. Parviainen +25

We present the optical transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter WASP-104b based on one transit observed by the blue and red channels of the DBSP spectrograph at the Palomar 200-inc…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 47 cited

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs -- LP 714-47b (TOI 442.01): Populating the Neptune desert

S. Dreizler, I., J. +134

We report the discovery of a Neptune-like planet (LP 714-47 b, P = 4.05204 d, m_b = 30.8 +/- 1.5 M_earth , R_b = 4.7 +/- 0.3 R_earth ) located in the 'hot Neptune desert'. Confirma…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 43 cited

Discovery of a hot, transiting, Earth-sized planet and a second temperate, non-transiting planet around the M4 dwarf GJ 3473 (TOI-488)

J. Kemmer, S. Stock, D. Kossakowski +93

We present the confirmation and characterisation of GJ 3473 b (G 50--16, TOI-488.01), a hot Earth-sized planet orbiting an M4 dwarf star, whose transiting signal ($P=1.1980035\pm0.…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 183 cited

A Giant Planet Candidate Transiting a White Dwarf

Andrew Vanderburg, Saul A. Rappaport, Siyi Xu +61

Astronomers have discovered thousands of planets outside the solar system, most of which orbit stars that will eventually evolve into red giants and then into white dwarfs. During…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 49 cited

The TESS-Keck Survey II: An Ultra-Short Period Rocky Planet and its Siblings Transiting the Galactic Thick-Disk Star TOI-561

Lauren M. Weiss, Fei Dai, Daniel Huber +61

We report the discovery of TOI-561, a multi-planet system in the galactic thick disk that contains a rocky, ultra-short period planet (USP). This bright () star hosts three…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 30 cited

Detection of Na in WASP-21b's lower and upper atmosphere

G. Chen, N. Casasayas-Barris, E. Palle +4

Optical transmission spectroscopy provides crucial constraints on the reference pressure levels and scattering properties for hot Jupiter atmospheres. For certain planets, where al…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 18 cited

Obliquity measurement and atmospheric characterization of the WASP-74 planetary system

R. Luque, N. Casasayas-Barris, H. Parviainen +27

We present new transit observations of the hot Jupiter WASP-74 b ( 1860 K) using the high-resolution spectrograph HARPS-N and the multi-colour simultaneous imag…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 8 cited

K2-280b -- a low density warm sub-Saturn around a mildly evolved star

Grzegorz Nowak, Enric Palle, Davide Gandolfi +57

We present an independent discovery and detailed characterisation of K2-280b, a transiting low density warm sub-Saturn in a 19.9-day moderately eccentric orbit (e = 0.35_{-0.04}^{+…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 36 cited

The GTC exoplanet transit spectroscopy survey XI. Possible detection of Rayleigh scattering in the atmosphere of the Saturn-mass planet WASP-69b

F. Murgas, G. Chen, L. Nortmann +2

One of the main atmospheric features in exoplanet atmospheres, detectable both from ground- and space-based facilities, is Rayleigh scattering. In hydrogen-dominated planetary atmo…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 169 cited

Hot Exoplanet Atmospheres Resolved with Transit Spectroscopy (HEARTS) IV. A spectral inventory of atoms and molecules in the high-resolution transmission spectrum of WASP-121 b

H. J. Hoeijmakers, J. V. Seidel, L. Pino +22

Aims: We survey the transmission spectrum of WASP-121 b for line-absorption by metals and molecules at high spectral resolution, and elaborate on existing interpretations of the op…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 118 cited

Revisiting Proxima with ESPRESSO

A. Suárez Mascareño, J. P. Faria, P. Figueira +88

We aim to confirm the presence of Proxima b using independent measurements obtained with the new ESPRESSO spectrograph, and refine the planetary parameters taking advantage of its…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 46 cited

Precise mass and radius of a transiting super-Earth planet orbiting the M dwarf TOI-1235: a planet in the radius gap?

P. Bluhm, R. Luque, N. Espinoza +78

We report the confirmation of a transiting planet around the bright, inactive M0.5 V star TOI-1235 (TYC 4384-1735-1, V = 11.5 mag), whose transit signal was detected in the photome…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 81 cited

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Two planets on the opposite sides of the radius gap transiting the nearby M dwarf LTT 3780

G. Nowak, R. Luque, H. Parviainen +97

We present the discovery and characterisation of two transiting planets observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) orbiting the nearby (d ~ 22 pc), bright (J ~ 9…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 21 cited

Three planets transiting the evolved star EPIC 249893012: a hot 8.8-M super-Earth and two warm 14.7 and 10.2-M sub-Neptunes

D. Hidalgo, E. Pallé, R. Alonso +57

We report the discovery of a new planetary system with three transiting planets, one super-Earth and two sub-Neptunes, that orbit EPIC\,249893012, a G8\,IV-V evolved star ($M_\star…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 54 cited

A hot terrestrial planet orbiting the bright M dwarf L 168-9 unveiled by TESS

N. Astudillo-Defru, R. Cloutier, S. X. Wang +67

We report the detection of a transiting super-Earth-sized planet (R=1.39+-0.09 Rearth) in a 1.4-day orbit around L 168-9 (TOI-134),a bright M1V dwarf (V=11, K=7.1) located at 25.15…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 45 cited

Mass determinations of the three mini-Neptunes transiting TOI-125

L. D. Nielsen, D. Gandolfi, D. J. Armstrong +77

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS, is currently carrying out an all-sky search for small planets transiting bright stars. In the first year of the TESS survey, steady…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 121 cited

Hot Exoplanet Atmospheres Resolved with Transit Spectroscopy (HEARTS) III. Atmospheric structure of the misaligned ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b

V. Bourrier, D. Ehrenreich, M. Lendl +21

Ultra-hot Jupiters offer interesting prospects for expanding our theories on dynamical evolution and the properties of extremely irradiated atmospheres. In this context, we present…