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astro-ph.SR2023

The EBLM Project XI. Mass, radius and effective temperature measurements for 23 M-dwarf companions to solar-type stars observed with CHEOPS

M. I. Swayne, P. F. L. Maxted, A. H. M. J. Triaud +104

Observations of low-mass stars have frequently shown a disagreement between observed stellar radii and radii predicted by theoretical stellar structure models. This ``radius inflat…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 11 cited

TOI-1736 and TOI-2141: two systems including sub-Neptunes around solar analogs revealed by TESS and SOPHIE

E. Martioli, G. Hébrard, L. de Almeida +31

Planetary systems around solar analogs inform us about how planets form and evolve in Solar System-like environments. We report the detection and characterization of two planetary…

astro-ph.EP2023

Characterising TOI-732 b and c: New insights into the M-dwarf radius and density valley

A. Bonfanti, M. Brady, T. G. Wilson +88

TOI-732 is an M dwarf hosting two transiting planets that are located on the two opposite sides of the radius valley. By doubling the number of available space-based observations a…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 64 cited

A resonant sextuplet of sub-Neptunes transiting the bright star HD 110067

R. Luque, H. P. Osborn, A. Leleu +149

Planets with radii between that of the Earth and Neptune (hereafter referred to as sub-Neptunes) are found in close-in orbits around more than half of all Sun-like stars. Yet, thei…

astro-ph.EP2023

CHEOPS observations of KELT-20 b/MASCARA-2 b: An aligned orbit and signs of variability from a reflective dayside

V. Singh, G. Scandariato, A. M. S. Smith +87

Occultations are windows of opportunity to indirectly peek into the dayside atmosphere of exoplanets. High-precision transit events provide information on the spin-orbit alignment…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 19 cited

The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets-XIX. A system including a cold sub-Neptune potentially transiting a V = 6.5 star HD88986

N. Heidari, I. Boisse, N. C. Hara +51

Transiting planets with orbital periods longer than 40 d are extremely rare among the 5000+ planets discovered so far. The lack of discoveries of this population poses a challenge…

astro-ph.EP2023

No random transits in CHEOPS observations of HD 139139

R. Alonso, S. Hoyer, M. Deleuil +78

HD 139139 (a.k.a. 'The Random Transiter') is a star that exhibited enigmatic transit-like features with no apparent periodicity in K2 data. The shallow depth of the events (2…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 8 cited

A hot mini-Neptune and a temperate, highly eccentric sub-Saturn around the bright K-dwarf TOI-2134

F. Rescigno, G. Hébrard, A. Vanderburg +64

We present the characterisation of an inner mini-Neptune in a 9.22920050.0000063 day orbit and an outer mono-transiting sub-Saturn planet in a 95.50 day orbi…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 10 cited

An ESPRESSO view of HD 189733 system. Broadband transmission spectrum, differential rotation, and system architecture

E. Cristo, E. Esparza Borges, N. C. Santos +25

The development of state-of-the-art spectrographs has ushered in a new era in the detection and characterization of exoplanetary systems. Our objective is to utilize the high-resol…

astro-ph.EP2023

Constraining the reflective properties of WASP-178b using Cheops photometry

I. Pagano, G. Scandariato, V. Singh +79

Multiwavelength photometry of the secondary eclipses of extrasolar planets is able to disentangle the reflected and thermally emitted light radiated from the planetary dayside. Thi…

astro-ph.EP2023

TOI-332 b: a super dense Neptune found deep within the Neptunian desert

Ares Osborn, David J. Armstrong, Jorge Fernández Fernández +49

To date, thousands of planets have been discovered, but there are regions of the orbital parameter space that are still bare. An example is the short period and intermediate mass/r…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 12 cited

Refining the properties of the TOI-178 system with CHEOPS and TESS

L. Delrez, A. Leleu, A. Brandeker +84

The TOI-178 system consists of a nearby late K-dwarf transited by six planets in the super-Earth to mini-Neptune regime, with orbital periods between 1.9 and 20.7 days. All planets…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 11 cited

CHEOPS and TESS view of the ultra-short period super-Earth TOI-561 b

J. A. Patel, J. A. Egger, T. G. Wilson +75

Ultra-short period planets (USPs) are a unique class of super-Earths with an orbital period of less than a day and hence subject to intense radiation from their host star. While mo…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 23 cited

Investigating the visible phase-curve variability of 55 Cnc e

E. A. Meier Valdés, B. M. Morris, B. -O. Demory +87

55 Cnc e is an ultra-short period super-Earth transiting a Sun-like star. Previous observations in the optical range detected a time-variable flux modulation that is phased with th…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 13 cited

TESS discovery of a super-Earth orbiting the M dwarf star TOI-1680

M. Ghachoui, A. Soubkiou, R. D. Wells +52

We report the discovery by the TESS mission of a super-Earth on a 4.8-d orbit around an inactive M4.5 dwarf (TOI-1680) validated by ground-based facilities. The host star is locate…

astro-ph.EP2023

TOI-2084 b and TOI-4184 b: two new sub-Neptunes around M dwarf stars

K. Barkaoui, M. Timmermans, A. Soubkiou +67

We present the discovery and validation of two TESS exoplanets orbiting nearby M dwarfs: TOI-2084b, and TOI-4184b. We characterized the host stars by combining spectra from Shane/K…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 8 cited

TOI-908: a planet at the edge of the Neptune desert transiting a G-type star

Faith Hawthorn, Daniel Bayliss, David J. Armstrong +36

We present the discovery of an exoplanet transiting TOI-908 (TIC-350153977) using data from TESS sectors 1, 12, 13, 27, 28 and 39. TOI-908 is a T = 10.7 mag G-dwarf ( = 56…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 12 cited

TESS and CHEOPS Discover Two Warm Sub-Neptunes Transiting the Bright K-dwarf HD 15906

Amy Tuson, Didier Queloz, Hugh P. Osborn +119

We report the discovery of two warm sub-Neptunes transiting the bright (G = 9.5 mag) K-dwarf HD 15906 (TOI 461, TIC 4646810). This star was observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Sur…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 13 cited

Refined parameters of the HD 22946 planetary system and the true orbital period of planet d

Z. Garai, H. P. Osborn, D. Gandolfi +85

Multi-planet systems are important sources of information regarding the evolution of planets. However, the long-period planets in these systems often escape detection. HD 22946 is…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 23 cited

Two Warm Neptunes transiting HIP 9618 revealed by TESS & Cheops

Hugh P. Osborn, Grzegorz Nowak, Guillaume Hébrard +126

HIP 9618 (HD 12572, TOI-1471, TIC 306263608) is a bright ( mag) solar analogue. TESS photometry revealed the star to have two candidate planets with radii of …

astro-ph.EP2023★ 25 cited

TOI-5678 b: A 48-day transiting Neptune-mass planet characterized with CHEOPS and HARPS

S. Ulmer-Moll, H. P. Osborn, A. Tuson +92

A large sample of long-period giant planets has been discovered thanks to long-term radial velocity surveys, but only a few dozen of these planets have a precise radius measurement…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 42 cited

An unusually low-density super-Earth transiting the bright early-type M-dwarf GJ 1018 (TOI-244)

A. Castro-González, O. D. S. Demangeon, J. Lillo-Box +34

Small planets located at the lower mode of the bimodal radius distribution are generally assumed to be composed of iron and silicates in a proportion similar to that of the Earth.…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 19 cited

The young mini-Neptune HD 207496b that is either a naked core or on the verge of becoming one

S. C. C. Barros, O. D. S. Demangeon, D. J. Armstrong +40

We report the discovery and characterisation of the transiting mini-Neptune HD~207496~b (TOI-1099) as part of a large programme that aims to characterise naked core planets. We obt…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 27 cited

A new dynamical modeling of the WASP-47 system with CHEOPS observations

V. Nascimbeni, L. Borsato, T. Zingales +80

Among the hundreds of known hot Jupiters (HJs), only five have been found to have companions on short-period orbits. Within this rare class of multiple planetary systems, the archi…