K2-139 b: a low-mass warm Jupiter on a 29-d orbit transiting an active K0 V star
Abstract
We announce the discovery of K2-139 b (EPIC 218916923 b), a transiting warm-Jupiter (Teq = 547 ± 25 K) on a 29-d orbit around an active (log R^' _HK = -4.46 ± 0.06) K0 V star in K2 Campaign 7. We derive the system's parameters by combining the K2 photometry with ground-based follow-up observations. With a mass of 0.387 _{ - 0.075 } ^ {+ 0.083 }MJ and radius of 0.808 _{ - 0.033 } ^ {+ 0.034 }RJ, K2-139 b is one of the transiting warm Jupiters with the lowest mass known to date. The planetary mean density of 0.91 _{ - 0.20} ^ { + 0.24 } g cm-3can be explained with a core of ∼50 M⊕. Given the brightness of the host star (V = 11.653 mag), the relatively short transit duration (∼5 h), and the expected amplitude of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect (∼25m s-1), K2-139 is an ideal target to measure the spin-orbit angle of a planetary system hosting a warm Jupiter.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- April 2018
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1702.00691
- Bibcode:
- 2018MNRAS.475.1765B
- Keywords:
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- planets and satellites: detection;
- planets and satellites: individual: K2-139 b (EPIC 218916923b);
- stars: fundamental parameters;
- planetary systems;
- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 12 pages, 5 tables, 5 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS