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astro-ph.EP2017★ 46 cited

Planet Candidates from K2 Campaigns 5-8 and Follow-Up Optical Spectroscopy

Erik A. Petigura, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Howard Isaacson +10

We present 151 planet candidates orbiting 141 stars from K2 campaigns 5-8 (C5-C8), identified through a systematic search of K2 photometry. In addition, we identify 16 targets as l…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 2 cited

The Science Case for an Extended Spitzer Mission

Jennifer C. Yee, Giovanni G. Fazio, Robert Benjamin +45

Although the final observations of the Spitzer Warm Mission are currently scheduled for March 2019, it can continue operations through the end of the decade with no loss of photome…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 75 cited

K2-136: A Hyades Binary Star with a Neptune-sized Planet

David R. Ciardi, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Adina D. Feinstein +14

We report the discovery of a Neptune-size planet (Rp = 3.0 Re) in the Hyades Cluster. The host star is in a binary system, comprising a K5V star and M7/8V star with a projected sep…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 50 cited

KELT-19Ab: A P~4.6 Day Hot Jupiter Transiting a Likely Am Star with a Distant Stellar Companion

Robert J. Siverd, Karen A. Collins, George Zhou +51

We present the discovery of the giant planet KELT-19Ab, which transits the moderately bright A8V star TYC 764-1494-1 with an orbital period of 4.61 days. We…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 100 cited

KELT-20b: A giant planet with a period of P~ 3.5 days transiting the V~ 7.6 early A star HD 185603

Michael B. Lund, Joseph E. Rodriguez, George Zhou +46

We report the discovery of KELT-20b, a hot Jupiter transiting a V~7.6 early A star with an orbital period of P~3.47 days. We identified the initial transit signal in KELT-North sur…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 91 cited

Three's Company: An additional non-transiting super-Earth in the bright HD 3167 system, and masses for all three planets

Jessie L. Christiansen, Andrew Vanderburg, Jennifer Burt +55

HD 3167 is a bright (V = 8.9), nearby K0 star observed by the NASA K2 mission (EPIC 220383386), hosting two small, short-period transiting planets. Here we present the results of a…