Three’s Company: An Additional Non-transiting Super-Earth in the Bright HD 3167 System, and Masses for All Three Planets
In: The Astronomical Journal, Jg. 154 (2017-09-01), Heft 3
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HD 3167 is a bright (V = 8.9), nearby K0 star observed by the NASA K2 mission (EPIC 220383386), hosting two small, short-period transiting planets. Here we present the results of a multi-site, multi-instrument radial-velocity campaign to characterize the HD 3167 system. The masses of the transiting planets are 5.02 ±0.38 M+for HD 3167 b, a hot super-Earth with a likely rocky composition (ρb = 5.60 +2.15-1.43= g cm-3), and 9.80 +1.30-1.24 M+for HD 3167 c, a warm sub-Neptune with a likely substantial volatile complement (pc = 1.97 0.94-0.59 g cm-3). We explore the possibility of atmospheric composition analysis and determine that planet c is amenable to transmission spectroscopy measurements, and planet b is a potential thermal emission target. We detect a third, non-transiting planet, HD 3167 d, with a period of 8.509 ±0.045 d (between planets b and c) and a minimum mass of 6.90 ±0.71 M⊕. We are able to constrain the mutual inclination of planet d with planets b and c: we rule out mutual inclinations below 1.°3 because we do not observe transits of planet d. From 1.°3 to 40°, there are viewing geometries invoking special nodal configurations, which result in planet d not transiting some fraction of the time. From 40° to 60°, Kozai-Lidov oscillations increase the system's instability, but it can remain stable for up to 100 Myr. Above 60°, the system is unstable. HD 3167 promises to be a fruitful system for further study and a preview of the many exciting systems expected from the upcoming NASA TESS mission.
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Three’s Company: An Additional Non-transiting Super-Earth in the Bright HD 3167 System, and Masses for All Three Planets
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Christiansen, Jessie L ; Vanderburg, Andrew ; Burt, Jennifer ; Fulton, BJ ; Batygin, Konstantin ; Benneke, Björn ; Brewer, John M ; Charbonneau, David ; Ciardi, David R ; Cameron, Andrew Collier ; Coughlin, Jeffrey L ; Crossfield, Ian JM ; Dressing, Courtney ; Greene, Thomas P ; Howard, Andrew W ; Latham, David W ; Molinari, Emilio ; Mortier, Annelies ; Mullally, Fergal ; Pepe, Francesco ; Rice, Ken ; Sinukoff, Evan ; Sozzetti, Alessandro ; Thompson, Susan E ; Udry, Stéphane ; Vogt, Steven S ; Barman, Travis S ; Batalha, Natasha E ; Bouchy, François ; Buchhave, Lars A ; Butler, R Paul ; Cosentino, Rosario ; Dupuy, Trent J ; Ehrenreich, David ; Fiorenzano, Aldo ; Hansen, Brad MS ; Henning, Thomas ; Hirsch, Lea ; Holden, Bradford P ; Isaacson, Howard T ; Johnson, John A ; Knutson, Heather A ; Kosiarek, Molly ; López-Morales, Mercedes ; Lovis, Christophe ; Malavolta, Luca ; Mayor, Michel ; Micela, Giuseppina ; Motalebi, Fatemeh ; Petigura, Erik ; Phillips, David F ; Piotto, Giampaolo ; Rogers, Leslie A ; Sasselov, Dimitar ; Schlieder, Joshua E ; Ségransan, Damien ; Watson, Christopher A ; Weiss, Lauren M |
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Zeitschrift: | The Astronomical Journal, Jg. 154 (2017-09-01), Heft 3 |
Veröffentlichung: | eScholarship, University of California, 2017 |
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