A warm super-Neptune around the G-dwarf star TOI-1710 revealed with TESS, SOPHIE, and HARPS-N
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Seager, Sara
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2022
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
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EDP Sciences
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Seager, Sara. 2022. "A warm super-Neptune around the G-dwarf star TOI-1710 revealed with TESS, SOPHIE, and HARPS-N." Astronomy and Astrophysics, 666.
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Abstract
We report the discovery and characterization of the transiting extrasolar planet TOI-1710 b. It was first identified as a promising candidate by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. Its planetary nature was then established with SOPHIE and HARPS-N spectroscopic
observations via the radial-velocity method. The stellar parameters for the host star are derived from the spectra and a joint Markov
chain Monte-Carlo adjustment of the spectral energy distribution and evolutionary tracks of TOI-1710. A joint MCMC analysis of the
TESS light curve and the radial-velocity evolution allows us to determine the planetary system properties. From our analysis, TOI1710 b is found to be a massive warm super-Neptune (Mp = 28.3 ± 4.7 M⊕ and Rp = 5.34 ± 0.11 R⊕) orbiting a G5V dwarf star
(Teff = 5665 ± 55 K) on a nearly circular 24.3-day orbit (e = 0.16 ± 0.08). The orbital period of this planet is close to the estimated
rotation period of its host star Prot = 22.5 ± 2.0 days and it has a low Keplerian semi-amplitude K = 6.4 ± 1.0 m s−1
; we thus performed
additional analyses to show the robustness of the retrieved planetary parameters. With a low bulk density of 1.03 ± 0.23 g cm−3
and
orbiting a bright host star (J = 8.3, V = 9.6), TOI-1710 b is one of the best targets in this mass-radius range (near the Neptunian desert)
for atmospheric characterization via transmission spectroscopy, a key measurement in constraining planet formation and evolutionary
models of sub-Jovian planets.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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