Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-8-2021
Published In
Astronomy And Astrophysics
Abstract
Dynamical histories of planetary systems, as well as the atmospheric evolution of highly irradiated planets, can be studied by characterizing the ultra-short-period planet population, which the TESS mission is particularly well suited to discover. Here, we report on the follow-up of a transit signal detected in the TESS sector 19 photometric time series of the M3.0 V star TOI-1685 (2MASS J04342248+4302148). We confirm the planetary nature of the transit signal, which has a period of Pb = 0.6691403−0.0000021+0.0000023 d, using precise radial velocity measurements taken with the CARMENES spectrograph. From the joint photometry and radial velocity analysis, we estimate the following parameters for TOI-1685 b: a mass of Mb = 3.78−0.63+0.63 M⊕, a radius of Rb = 1.70−0.07+0.07 R⊕, which together result in a bulk density of ρb = 4.21−0.82+0.95 g cm−3, and an equilibrium temperature of Teq = 1069−16+16 K. TOI-1685 b is the least dense ultra-short-period planet around an M dwarf known to date. TOI-1685 b is also one of the hottest transiting super-Earth planets with accurate dynamical mass measurements, which makes it a particularly attractive target for thermal emission spectroscopy. Additionally, we report with moderate evidence an additional non-transiting planet candidate in the system, TOI-1685 [c], which has an orbital period of Pc = 9.02−0.12+0.10 d.
Keywords
techniques: photometric, techniques: radial velocities, stars: individual: TOI-1685, stars: late-type
Recommended Citation
P. Bluhm, E. Pallé, K. Molaverdikhani, J. Kemmer, A. P. Hatzes, D. Kossakowski, S. Stock, J. A. Caballero, J. Lillo-Box, V. J. S. Béjar, M. G. Soto, P. J. Amado, P. Brown, C. Cadieux, R. Cloutier, K. A. Collins, K. I. Collins, M. Cortés-Contreras, R. Doyon, S. Dreizler, N. Espinoza, A. Fukui, E. González-Álvarez, T. Henning, K. Horne, S. V. Jeffers, J. M. Jenkins, Eric L.N. Jensen, A. Kaminski, J. F. Kielkopf, N. Kusakabe, M. Kürster, D. Lafrenière, R. Luque, F. Murgas, D. Montes, J. C. Morales, N. Narita, V. M. Passegger, A. Quirrenbach, P. Schöfer, S. Reffert, A. Reiners, I. Ribas, G. R. Ricker, S. Seager, A. Schweitzer, R. P. Schwarz, M. Tamura, T. Trifonov, R. Vanderspek, J. Winn, M. Zechmeister, and M. R. Zapatero Osorio.
(2021).
"An Ultra-Short-Period Transiting Super-Earth Orbiting The M3 Dwarf TOI-1685".
Astronomy And Astrophysics.
Volume 650,
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140688
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-physics/442
Comments
This work is freely available courtesy of the European Southern Observatory and EDP Sciences. It was originally published in volume 650 of Astronomy and Astrophysics. © ESO 2021. All rights reserved.