Transiting planet candidate from K2 with the longest period
Abstract
Context. We present the transit and follow-up of a single transit event from Campaign 14 of K2, EPIC248847494b, which has a duration of 54 h and a 0.18% depth.
Aims: Using photometric tools and conducting radial velocity follow-up, we vet and characterise this very strong candidate.
Methods: Owing to the long, unknown period, standard follow-up methods needed to be adapted. The transit was fitted using Namaste, and the radial velocity slope was measured and compared to a grid of planet-like orbits with varying masses and periods. These used stellar parameters measured from spectra and the distance as measured by Gaia.
Results: Orbiting around a sub-giant star with a radius of 2.70 ± 0.12 RSol, the planet has a radius of 1.11-0.07+0.07 RJup and a period of 3650-1130+1280 days. The radial velocity measurements constrain the mass to be lower than 13 MJup, which implies a planet-like object.
Conclusions: We have found a planet at 4.5 AU from a single-transit event. After a full radial velocity follow-up campaign, if confirmed, it will be the longest-period transiting planet discovered.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- July 2018
- DOI:
- 10.1051/0004-6361/201833569
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1806.08757
- Bibcode:
- 2018A&A...615L..13G
- Keywords:
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- planets and satellites: detection;
- stars: individual: EPIC248847494;
- planetary systems;
- techniques: photometric;
- techniques: radial velocities;
- techniques: spectroscopic;
- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 5 pages, 3 figures. Published in A&