Phot. follow-up of TOI-2015 & discovery of TOI-2015b Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Jones S.E.
  2. Stefansson G.
  3. Masuda K.
  4. Libby-Roberts J.E.
  5. Gardner C.N.,Holcomb R.
  6. Beard C.
  7. Robertson P.
  8. Canas C.I.
  9. Mahadevan S.
  10. Kanodia S.,Lin A.S.J.
  11. Kobulnicky H.A.
  12. Parker B.A.
  13. Bender C.F.
  14. Cochran W.D.,Diddams S.A.
  15. Fernandes R.B.
  16. Gupta A.F.
  17. Halverson S.
  18. Hawley S.L.,Hearty F.R.
  19. Hebb L.
  20. Kowalski A.
  21. Lubin J.
  22. Monson A.
  23. Ninan J.P.,Ramsey L.
  24. Roy A.
  25. Schwab C.
  26. Terrien R.C.
  27. Wisniewski J.
  28. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We report the discovery of a close-in (Porb=3.349days) warm Neptune with clear transit timing variations (TTVs) orbiting the nearby (d=47.3pc) active M4 star, TOI-2015. We characterize the planet's properties using Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) photometry, precise near-infrared radial velocities (RVs) with the Habitable-zone Planet Finder Spectrograph, ground-based photometry, and high-contrast imaging. A joint photometry and RV fit yields a radius Rp=3.37_-0.20_^+0.15^R_{Earth}_, mass mp=16.4_-4.1_^+4.1^M_{Earth}_, and density {rho}p=2.32_-0.37_^+0.38^g/cm^3^ for TOI-2015 b, suggesting a likely volatile-rich planet. The young, active host star has a rotation period of Prot=8.7+/-0.9days and associated rotation-based age estimate of 1.1+/-0.1Gyr. Though no other transiting planets are seen in the TESS data, the system shows clear TTVs of super-period Psup~430days and amplitude ~100min. After considering multiple likely period-ratio models, we show an outer planet candidate near a 2:1 resonance can explain the observed TTVs while offering a dynamically stable solution. However, other possible two-planet solutions --including 3:2 and 4:3 resonances-- cannot be conclusively excluded without further observations. Assuming a 2:1 resonance in the joint TTV-RV modeling suggests a mass of m_b_=13.3_-4.5_^+4.7^M_{Earth}_ for TOI-2015 b and m_c_=6.8_-2.3_^+3.5^M_{Earth}_ for the outer candidate. Additional transit and RV observations will be beneficial to explicitly identify the resonance and further characterize the properties of the system.

Keywords
  1. infrared-photometry
  2. visible-astronomy
  3. photometry
  4. multiple-stars
  5. exoplanets
  6. radial-velocity
  7. infrared-astronomy
  8. spectroscopy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2024AJ....168...93J
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/168/93
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.51680093

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History

2025-01-17T13:01:31Z
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2025-01-17T13:01:31Z
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