Eleven multiplanet systems from K2 campaigns 1 and 2 and the masses of two hot super-earths
Creators
- Sinukoff, Evan1
- Howard, Andrew W.1
- Fulton, Benjamin J.1
- Aller, Kimberly M.1
- Baranec, Christoph1
- Liu, Michael C.1
- Petigura, Erik A.2
- Knutson, Heather A.2
- Dressing, Courtney D.2
- Schlieder, Joshua E.3
- Crossfield, Ian J. M.4
- Ciardi, David R.5
- Beichman, Charles A.5
- Isaacson, Howard6
- Hansen, Brad M. S.7
- Law, Nicholas M.8
- Riddle, Reed9
- 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 R ⊕, a mass of 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 R ⊕ and a mass of 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/827/1/78Additional details
Identifiers
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