Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2021
Published In
The Astronomical Journal
Abstract
We present the discovery of a highly irradiated and moderately inflated ultrahot Jupiter, TOI-1431b/MASCARA-5 b (HD 201033b), first detected by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission (TESS) and the Multi-site All-Sky Camera (MASCARA). The signal was established to be of planetary origin through radial velocity measurements obtained using SONG, SOPHIE, FIES, NRES, and EXPRES, which show a reflex motion of K = 294.1 ± 1.1 m s⁻¹. A joint analysis of the TESS and ground-based photometry and radial velocity measurements reveals that TOI-1431b has a mass of Mp = 3.12 ± 0.18 MJ (990 ± 60 M⊕), an inflated radius of Rp = 1.49 ± 0.05 RJ (16.7 ± 0.6 R⊕), and an orbital period of P = 2.650237 ± 0.000003 days. Analysis of the spectral energy distribution of the host star reveals that the planet orbits a bright (V = 8.049 mag) and young (0.29 (+0.32)/(-0.19) Gyr) Am type star with Teff = 7690 (+400)/(-250) K, resulting in a highly irradiated planet with an incident flux of <F> = 7.24 (+0.68)/(-0.64)× 10⁹ erg s⁻¹ cm⁻² (5300(+500)/(-470)S⊕) and an equilibrium temperature of Teq = 2370 ± 70 K. TESS photometry also reveals a secondary eclipse with a depth of 127(+4)/(-5) ppm as well as the full phase curve of the planet's thermal emission in the red-optical. This has allowed us to measure the dayside and nightside temperature of its atmosphere as Tday = 3004 ± 64 K and Tnight = 2583 ± 63 K, the second hottest measured nightside temperature. The planet's low day/night temperature contrast (∼420 K) suggests very efficient heat transport between the dayside and nightside hemispheres. Given the host star brightness and estimated secondary eclipse depth of ∼1000 ppm in the K band, the secondary eclipse is potentially detectable at near-IR wavelengths with ground-based facilities, and the planet is ideal for intensive atmospheric characterization through transmission and emission spectroscopy from space missions such as the James Webb Space Telescope and the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey.
Recommended Citation
B. C. Addison et al.
(2021).
"TOI-1431b/MASCARA-5b: A Highly Irradiated Ultrahot Jupiter Orbiting One Of The Hottest And Brightest Known Exoplanet Host Stars".
The Astronomical Journal.
Volume 162,
Issue 6.
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ac224e
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-physics/488
Comments
This work is a preprint that is freely available courtesy of IOP Publishing and the American Astronomical Society. The final published version is available online.