Published March 1, 2017 | Version v1
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K2-60b and K2-107b. A Sub-Jovian and a Jovian Planet from the K2 Mission

Creators

  • 1. Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center, Rutherfordstrasse 2, D-12489 Berlin (Germany)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Torino, via P. Giuria 1, I-10125 Torino (Italy)
  • 3. Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory, SE-439 92 Onsala (Sweden)
  • 4. INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Via Ranzani, 1, I-40127, Bologna (Italy)
  • 5. Rheinisches Institut für Umweltforschung an der Universität zu Köln, Aachener Strasse 209, D-50931 Köln (Germany)
  • 6. Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife (Spain)
  • 7. Nordic Optical Telescope, Apartado 474, E-38700, Santa Cruz de La Palma (Spain)
  • 8. Department of Astronomy and McDonald Observatory, University of Texas at Austin, 2515 Speedway, Stop C1400, Austin, TX 78712 (United States)
  • 9. Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, Sternwarte 5, D-07778 Tautenberg (Germany)

Description

We report the characterization and independent detection of K2-60b, as well as the detection and characterization of K2-107b, two transiting hot gaseous planets from the K2 space mission. We confirm the planetary nature of the two systems and determine their fundamental parameters combining the K2 time-series data with FIES@NOT and HARPS-N@TNG spectroscopic observations. K2-60b has a radius of 0.683 ± 0.037 R Jup and a mass of 0.426 ± 0.037 M Jup and orbits a G4 V star with an orbital period of 3.00267 ± 0.00006 days. K2-107b has a radius of 1.44 ± 0.15 R Jup and a mass of 0.84 ± 0.08 M Jup and orbits an F9 IV star every 3.31392 ± 0.00002 days. K2-60b is among the few planets at the edge of the so-called "desert" of short-period sub-Jovian planets. K2-107b is a highly inflated Jovian planet orbiting an evolved star about to leave the main sequence.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aa5d0b

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.3847/1538-3881/aa5d0b;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)
Journal Volume
153
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
[8 p.]
ISSN
1538-3881

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
49009228
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
DETECTION; MASS; ORBITS; PLANETS; SATELLITES; SPACE; STARS