TOI-1670 c, a 40 day Orbital Period Warm Jupiter in a Compact System, Is Well Aligned
Abstract
We report the measurement of the sky-projected obliquity angle λ of the warm Jovian exoplanet TOI-1670 c via the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect. We observed the transit window during UT 2023 April 20 for 7 continuous hours with NEID on the 3.5 m WIYN Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. TOI-1670 hosts a sub-Neptune (P ~ 11 days; planet b) interior to the warm Jovian (P ~ 40 days; planet c), which presents an opportunity to investigate the dynamics of a warm Jupiter with an inner companion. Additionally, TOI-1670 c is now among the longest-period planets to date to have its sky-projected obliquity angle measured. We find planet c is well aligned to the host star, with λ = - 0.°3 ± 2.°2. TOI-1670 c joins a growing census of aligned warm Jupiters around single stars and aligned planets in multiplanet systems.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- December 2023
- DOI:
- 10.3847/2041-8213/ad0fea
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2311.16237
- Bibcode:
- 2023ApJ...959L...5L
- Keywords:
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- Exoplanet dynamics;
- 490;
- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 11 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. Accepted to ApJ Letters