K2-140b and K2-180b - Characterization of a hot Jupiter and a mini-Neptune from the K2 mission

J. Korth*, Sz Csizmadia, D. Gandolfi, M. Fridlund, M. Pätzold, T. Hirano, J. Livingston, C. M. Persson, H. J. Deeg, A. B. Justesen, O. Barragán, S. Grziwa, M. Endl, R. Tronsgaard, F. Dai, W. D. Cochran, S. Albrecht, R. Alonso, J. Cabrera, P. W. CauleyF. Cusano, Ph Eigmüller, A. Erikson, M. Esposito, E. W. Guenther, A. P. Hatzes, D. Hidalgo, M. Kuzuhara, P. Montañes, N. R. Napolitano, N. Narita, P. Niraula, D. Nespral, G. Nowak, E. Palle, C. E. Petrillo, S. Redfield, J. Prieto-Arranz, H. Rauer, A. M.S. Smith, C. Tortora, V. Van Eylen, J. N. Winn

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Abstract

We report the independent discovery and characterization of two K2 planets: K2-180b, a mini-Neptune-sized planet in an 8.9-d orbit transiting a V=12.6mag, metal-poor ([Fe/H] = -0.65 ± 0.10) K2V star in K2 campaign 5; K2-140b, a transiting hot Jupiter in a 6.6-d orbit around a V=12.6mag G6V ([Fe/H] = +0.10 ± 0.10) star in K2 campaign 10. Our results are based on K2 time-series photometry combined with high-spatial resolution imaging and high-precision radial velocity measurements. We present the first mass measurement of K2-180b. K2-180b has a mass of Mp = 11.3 ± 1.9M⊕ and a radius of Rp = 2.2 ± 0.1R⊕, yielding a mean density of ρp = 5.6 ± 1.9 g cm-3, suggesting a rocky composition. Given its radius, K2-180b is above the region of the so-called 'planetary radius gap'. K2-180b is in addition not only one of the densest mini-Neptune-sized planets, but also one of the few mini-Neptune-sized planets known to transit a metal-poor star. We also constrain the planetary and orbital parameters of K2-140b and show that, given the currently available Doppler measurements, the eccentricity is consistent with zero, contrary to the results of a previous study.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Vol/bind482
Nummer2
Sider (fra-til)1807-1823
Antal sider17
ISSN0035-8711
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2019

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