Two planetary systems with transiting Earth-sized and super-Earth planets orbiting late-type dwarf stars
Abstract
We present two new planetary systems found around cool dwarf stars with data from the K2 mission. The first system was found in K2-239 (EPIC 248545986), characterized in this work as M3.0V and observed in the 14th campaign of K2. It consists of three Earth-sized transiting planets with radii of 1.1, 1.0, and 1.1 R⊕, showing a compact configuration with orbital periods of 5.24, 7.78, and 10.1 d, close to 2:3:4 resonances. The second was found in K2-240 (EPIC 249801827), characterized in this work as M0.5V and observed in the 15th campaign. It consists of two transiting super-Earths with radii 2.0 and 1.8 R⊕ and orbital periods of 6.03 and 20.5 d. The equilibrium temperatures of the atmospheres of these planets are estimated to be in the range of 380-600 K and the amplitudes of signals in transmission spectroscopy are estimated at ∼10 ppm.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- October 2018
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1806.01181
- Bibcode:
- 2018MNRAS.480L...1D
- Keywords:
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- techniques: photometric;
- techniques: spectroscopic;
- planets and satellites: detection;
- stars: low mass;
- stars: individual: K2-239;
- K2-240;
- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Accepted for publication in MNRAS letters