TOI-199 b: A Well-characterized 100 day Transiting Warm Giant Planet with TTVs Seen from Antarctica
Abstract
We present the spectroscopic confirmation and precise mass measurement of the warm giant planet TOI-199 b. This planet was first identified in TESS photometry and confirmed using ground-based photometry from ASTEP in Antarctica including a full 6.5 hr long transit, PEST, Hazelwood, and LCO; space photometry from NEOSSat; and radial velocities (RVs) from FEROS, HARPS, CORALIE, and CHIRON. Orbiting a late G-type star, TOI-199 b has a ${104.854}_{-0.002}^{+0.001}\,{\rm{day}}$ period, a mass of 0.17 ± 0.02 M J, and a radius of 0.810 ± 0.005 R J. It is the first warm exo-Saturn with a precisely determined mass and radius. The TESS and ASTEP transits show strong transit timing variations (TTVs), pointing to the existence of a second planet in the system. The joint analysis of the RVs and TTVs provides a unique solution for the nontransiting companion TOI-199 c, which has a period of ${273.69}_{-0.22}^{+0.26}\,{\rm{days}}$ and an estimated mass of ${0.28}_{-0.01}^{+0.02}\,{M}_{{\rm{J}}}$ . This period places it within the conservative habitable zone.
- Publication:
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The Astronomical Journal
- Pub Date:
- November 2023
- DOI:
- 10.3847/1538-3881/acfc1d
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2309.14915
- Bibcode:
- 2023AJ....166..201H
- Keywords:
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- Exoplanet astronomy;
- Exoplanet detection methods;
- Transit timing variation method;
- Radial velocity;
- Transit photometry;
- Exoplanet systems;
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- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 33 pages, 23 figures. Accepted for publication in AJ