Published August 10, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Eleven multiplanet systems from K2 campaigns 1 and 2 and the masses of two hot super-earths

  • 1. Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 (United States)
  • 2. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
  • 3. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035 (United States)
  • 4. Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721 (United States)
  • 5. NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, California Institute of Technology, 770 S. Wilson Ave., Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
  • 6. Astronomy Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
  • 7. Department of Physics and Astronomy and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 (United States)
  • 8. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (United States)
  • 9. Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)

Description

We present a catalog of 11 multiplanet systems from Campaigns 1 and 2 of the K2 mission. We report the sizes and orbits of 26 planets split between seven two-planet systems and four three-planet systems. These planets stem from a systematic search of the K2 photometry for all dwarf stars observed by K2 in these fields. We precisely characterized the host stars with adaptive optics imaging and analysis of high-resolution optical spectra from Keck/HIRES and medium-resolution spectra from IRTF/SpeX. We confirm two planet candidates by mass detection and validate the remaining 24 candidates to >99% confidence. Thirteen planets were previously validated or confirmed by other studies, and 24 were previously identified as planet candidates. The planets are mostly smaller than Neptune (21/26 planets), as in the Kepler mission, and all have short periods (P < 50 days) due to the duration of the K2 photometry. The host stars are relatively bright (most have Kp < 12.5 mag) and are amenable to follow-up characterization. For K2-38, we measured precise radial velocities using Keck/HIRES and provide initial estimates of the planet masses. K2-38b is a short-period super-Earth with a radius of 1.55 ± 0.16 R , a mass of 12.0 ± 2.9 M , and a high density consistent with an iron-rich composition. The outer planet K2-38c is a lower-density sub-Neptune-size planet with a radius of 2.42 ± 0.29 R and a mass of 9.9 ± 4.6 M that likely has a substantial envelope. This new planet sample demonstrates the capability of K2 to discover numerous planetary systems around bright stars.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/827/1/78

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Journal Volume
827
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[27 p.]
ISSN
0004-637X
CODEN
ASJOAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
51030668
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
CATALOGS; DENSITY; DETECTION; DWARF STARS; IRON; MASS; ORBITS; PHOTOMETRY; PLANETS; RADIAL VELOCITY; RESOLUTION; SPECTRA
Descriptors DEC
DOCUMENT TYPES; ELEMENTS; METALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; STARS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; VELOCITY