Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2021
Published In
Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society
Abstract
We report the discovery of HD 110113 b (TESS object of interest-755.01), a transiting mini-Neptune exoplanet on a 2.5-d orbit around the solar-analogue HD 110113 (Teff = 5730 K). Using TESS photometry and High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) radial velocities gathered by the NCORES program, we find that HD 110113 b has a radius of 2.05 ± 0.12 R⊕ and a mass of 4.55 ± 0.62 M⊕. The resulting density of 2.90+0.75−0.59 g cm−3 is significantly lower than would be expected from a pure-rock world; therefore HD 110113 b must be a mini-Neptune with a significant volatile atmosphere. The high incident flux places it within the so-called radius valley; however, HD 110113 b was able to hold on to a substantial (0.1–1 per cent) H–He atmosphere over its ∼4 Gyr lifetime. Through a novel simultaneous Gaussian process fit to multiple activity indicators, we were also able to fit for the strong stellar rotation signal with period 20.8 ± 1.2 d from the RVs and confirm an additional non-transiting planet, HD 110113 c, which has a mass of 10.5 ± 1.2 M⊕ and a period of 6.744+0.008−0.009 d.
Keywords
planets and satellites: detection, stars: individual: HD110113
Recommended Citation
H. P. Osborn, D. J. Armstrong, V. Adibekyan, K. A. Collins, E. Delgado-Mena, S. B. Howell, C. Hellier, G. W. King, J. Lillo-Box, L. D. Nielsen, J. F. Otegi, N. C. Santos, C. Ziegler, D. R. Anderson, C. Briceño, C. Burke, D. Bayliss, D. Barrado, E. M. Bryant, D. J. A. Brown, S. C. C. Barros, F. Bouchy, D. A. Caldwell, D. M. Conti, R. F. Díaz, D. Dragomir, M. Deleuil, O. D. S. Demangeon, C. Dorn, T. Daylan, P. Figueira, R. Helled, S. Hoyer, J. M. Jenkins, Eric L.N. Jensen, D. W. Latham, N. Law, D. R. Louie, A. W. Mann, A. Osborn, D. L. Pollacco, D. R. Rodriguez, B. V. Rackham, G. Ricker, N. J. Scott, S. G. Sousa, S. Seager, K. G. Stassun, J. C. Smith, P. Strøm, S. Udry, J. Villaseñor, R. Vanderspek, R. West, P. J. Wheatley, and J. N. Winn.
(2021).
"A Hot Mini-Neptune In The Radius Valley Orbiting Solar Analogue HD 110113".
Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society.
Volume 502,
Issue 4.
4842-4857.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab182
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-physics/410
Comments
This work is freely available courtesy of Oxford University Press and the Royal Astronomical Society.