Kepler-105 radial velocity follows up Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Householder A.
  2. Weiss L.M.
  3. Owen J.E.
  4. Isaacson H.
  5. Howard A.W.,Fabrycky D.
  6. Rogers L.A.
  7. Schlichting H.E.
  8. Fulton B.J.
  9. Petigura E.A.,Giacalone S.
  10. Murphy J.M.A.
  11. Beard C.
  12. Chontos A.
  13. Dai F.
  14. Van Zandt J.,Lubin J.
  15. Rice M.
  16. Polanski A.S.
  17. Dalba P.
  18. Blunt S.
  19. Turtelboom E.V.,Rubenzahl R.
  20. Brinkman C.
  21. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

An intriguing pattern among exoplanets is the lack of detected planets between approximately 1.5R{Earth} and 2.0R{Earth}. One proposed explanation for this "radius gap" is the photoevaporation of planetary atmospheres, a theory that can be tested by studying individual planetary systems. Kepler-105 is an ideal system for such testing due to the ordering and sizes of its planets. Kepler-105 is a Sun-like star that hosts two planets straddling the radius gap in a rare architecture with the larger planet closer to the host star (Rb=2.53{+/-}0.07R{Earth}, Pb=5.41days, Rc=1.44{+/-}0.04R{Earth}, Pc=7.13days). If photoevaporation sculpted the atmospheres of these planets, then Kepler-105b would need to be much more massive than Kepler-105c to retain its atmosphere, given its closer proximity to the host star. To test this hypothesis, we simultaneously analyzed radial velocities and transit-timing variations of the Kepler-105 system, measuring disparate masses of Mb=10.8{+/-}2.3M{Earth} ({rho}b=3.68{+/-}0.84g/cm^3^) and Mc=5.6{+/-}1.2M{Earth} ({rho}c=10.4{+/-}2.39g/cm^3^). Based on these masses, the difference in gas envelope content of the Kepler-105 planets could be entirely due to photoevaporation (in 76% of scenarios), although other mechanisms like core-powered mass loss could have played a role for some planet albedos.

Keywords
  1. exoplanets
  2. infrared-astronomy
  3. spectroscopy
  4. radial-velocity
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2024AJ....167...84H
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2024-05-13T12:45:57Z
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2024-05-13T12:45:57Z
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