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astro-ph.EP2022★ 18 cited

HD 20329b: An ultra-short-period planet around a solar-type star found by TESS

F. Murgas, G. Nowak, T. Masseron +45

We used TESS light curves and HARPS-N spectrograph radial velocity measurements to establish the physical properties of the transiting exoplanet candidate found around the star HD…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 13 cited

Lower-than-expected flare temperatures for TRAPPIST-1

A. J. Maas, E. Ilin, M. Oshagh +12

Although high energetic radiation from flares is a potential threat to exoplanet atmospheres and may lead to surface sterilization, it might also provide the extra energy for low-m…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 25 cited

The phase curve and the geometric albedo of WASP-43b measured with CHEOPS, TESS and HST WFC3/UVIS

G. Scandariato, V. Singh, D. Kitzmann +79

Observations of the phase curves and secondary eclipses of extrasolar planets provide a window on the composition and thermal structure of the planetary atmospheres. For example, t…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 20 cited

CHEOPS finds KELT-1b darker than expected in visible light: Discrepancy between the CHEOPS and TESS eclipse depths

H. Parviainen, T. G. Wilson, M. Lendl +78

Recent TESS-based studies have suggested that the dayside of KELT-1b, a strongly-irradiated brown dwarf, is significantly brighter in visible light than what would be expected base…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 29 cited

TOI-1468: A system of two transiting planets, a super-Earth and a mini-Neptune, on opposite sides of the radius valley

P. Chaturvedi, P. Bluhm, E. Nagel +67

We report the discovery and characterization of two small transiting planets orbiting the bright M3.0V star TOI-1468 (LSPM J0106+1913), whose transit signals were detected in the p…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 18 cited

Precise mass determination for the keystone sub-Neptune planet transiting the mid-type M dwarf G 9-40

R. Luque, G. Nowak, T. Hirano +45

Context. Despite being a prominent subset of the exoplanet population discovered in the past three decades, the nature and provenance of sub-Neptune-sized planets are still one of…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 26 cited

The stable climate of KELT-9b

K. D. Jones, B. M. Morris, B. -O. Demory +76

Even among the most irradiated gas giants, so-called ultra-hot Jupiters, KELT-9b stands out as the hottest planet thus far discovered with a dayside temperature of over 4500K. At t…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 18 cited

The HD 93963 A transiting system: A 1.04d super-Earth and a 3.65 d sub-Neptune discovered by TESS and CHEOPS

L. M. Serrano, D. Gandolfi, S. Hoyer +109

We present the discovery of two small planets transiting HD 93963A (TOI-1797), a G0\,V star (M=1.109\,\,0.043\,M, R=1.043\,\,0.009\,R) in a visual…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 7 cited

The TESS-Keck Survey. XIII. An Eccentric Hot Neptune with a Similar-Mass Outer Companion around TOI-1272

Mason G. MacDougall, Erik A. Petigura, Tara Fetherolf +58

We report the discovery of an eccentric hot Neptune and a non-transiting outer planet around TOI-1272. We identified the eccentricity of the inner planet, with an orbital period of…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 14 cited

A hot sub-Neptune in the desert and a temperate super-Earth around faint M dwarfs: Color validation of TOI-4479b and TOI-2081b

E. Esparza-Borges, H. Parviainen, F. Murgas +45

We report the discovery and validation of two TESS exoplanets orbiting faint M dwarfs: TOI-4479b and TOI-2081b. We have jointly analyzed space (TESS mission) and ground based (MuSC…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 8 cited

Benchmark tests of transmission spectroscopy using transiting white dwarfs

Chengzi Jiang, Guo Chen, Enric Pallé +3

Ground-based transit observations are affected by both telluric absorption and instrumental systematics. To account for these effects, a better understanding of the impact of diffe…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 21 cited

TOI-2046b, TOI-1181b and TOI-1516b, three new hot Jupiters from \textit{TESS}: planets orbiting a young star, a subgiant and a normal star

Petr Kabáth, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Phillip J. MacQueen +54

We present the confirmation and characterization of three hot Jupiters, TOI-1181b, TOI-1516b, and TOI-2046b, discovered by the TESS space mission. The reported hot Jupiters have or…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 10 cited

A close-in puffy Neptune with hidden friends: The enigma of TOI 620

Michael A. Reefe, Rafael Luque, Eric Gaidos +82

We present the validation of a transiting low-density exoplanet orbiting the M2.5 dwarf TOI 620 discovered by the NASA TESS mission. We utilize photometric data from both TESS and…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 45 cited

Uncovering the true periods of the young sub-Neptunes orbiting TOI-2076

Hugh P. Osborn, Andrea Bonfanti, Davide Gandolfi +93

Context: TOI-2076 is a transiting three-planet system of sub-Neptunes orbiting a bright (G = 8.9 mag), young ( Myr) K-type star. Although a validated planetary system, th…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 18 cited

TOI-1696: a nearby M4 dwarf with a planet in the Neptunian desert

Mayuko Mori, John H. Livingston, Jerome de Leon +59

We present the discovery and validation of a temperate sub-Neptune around the nearby mid-M dwarf TIC 470381900 (TOI-1696), with a radius of and an orbita…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 14 cited

Nodal Precession of WASP-33b for Eleven Years by Doppler Tomographic and Transit Photometric Observations

Noriharu Watanabe, Norio Narita, Enric Palle +14

WASP-33b, a hot Jupiter around a hot star, is a rare system in which nodal precession has been discovered. We updated the model for the nodal precession of WASP-33b by adding new o…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 34 cited

Validation of 13 Hot and Potentially Terrestrial TESS Planets

Steven Giacalone, Courtney D. Dressing, Christina Hedges +108

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be able to probe the atmospheres and surface properties of hot, terrestrial planets via emission spectroscopy. We identify 18 potentially…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 12 cited

Validation and atmospheric exploration of the sub-Neptune TOI-2136b around a nearby M3 dwarf

K. Kawauchi, F. Murgas, E. Palle +51

The NASA space telescope is currently in the extended mission of its all-sky search for new transiting planets. Of the thousands of candidates that TESS is expected to deliv…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 22 cited

TOI-2119: A transiting brown dwarf orbiting an active M-dwarf from NASA's TESS mission

Theron W. Carmichael, Jonathan M. Irwin, Felipe Murgas +27

We report the discovery of TOI-2119b, a transiting brown dwarf (BD) that orbits and is completely eclipsed by an active M-dwarf star. Using light curve data from the Transiting Exo…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 41 cited

A Possible Alignment Between the Orbits of Planetary Systems and their Visual Binary Companions

Sam Christian, Andrew Vanderburg, Juliette Becker +111

Astronomers do not have a complete picture of the effects of wide-binary companions (semimajor axes greater than 100 AU) on the formation and evolution of exoplanets. We investigat…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 50 cited

Detection of the tidal deformation of WASP-103b at with CHEOPS

S. C. C. Barros, B. Akinsanm, G. Boué +5

WASP-103b is the exoplanet with the highest expected deformation signature in its transit light curve and one of the shortest expected spiral-in times. Measuring the tidal deformat…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 11 cited

TOI-1442 b and TOI-2445 b: two potentially rocky ultra-short period planets around M dwarfs

G. Morello, H. Parviainen, F. Murgas +52

Context. Exoplanets with orbital periods of less than one day are known as ultra-short period (USP) planets. They are relatively rare products of planetary formation and evolution…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 63 cited

The atmosphere and architecture of WASP-189 b probed by its CHEOPS phase curve

A. Deline, M. J. Hooton, M. Lendl +83

Gas giants orbiting close to hot and massive early-type stars can reach dayside temperatures that are comparable to those of the coldest stars. These "ultra-hot Jupiters" have atmo…