- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/130/2866
- Title:
- Differential astrometry of {delta} Equulei
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/130/2866
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Delta Equulei is among the most well-studied nearby binary star systems. Results of its observation have been applied to a wide range of fundamental studies of binary systems and stellar astrophysics. It is widely used to calibrate and constrain theoretical models of the physics of stars. We report 27 high-precision differential astrometry measurements of {delta} Equ from the Palomar High-precision Astrometric Search for Exoplanet Systems (PHASES).
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/145/142
- Title:
- Differential BV photometry of {delta} Sco
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/145/142
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We acquired Johnson BV photometry of the binary Be disk system {delta} Scorpii during its 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 observing seasons and used it to probe the innermost regions of the disk. We found that several disk building events have occurred during this time, resulting in an overall brightening in the V band and reddening of the system. In addition to these long-term trends, we found cyclical variability in each observing season on timescales between 60 and 100days. We were able to reproduce the changes in the magnitude and color of {delta} Sco using our theoretical models and found that variable mass-loss rates in the range 2.5-7.0*10^-9^M_{Sun}_/yr over ~35days can reproduce the observed increase in brightness.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/146/113
- Title:
- Differential griz photometry of HATS-3
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/146/113
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery by the HATSouth survey of HATS-3b, a transiting extrasolar planet orbiting a V=12.4 F dwarf star. HATS-3b has a period of P=3.5479days, mass of M_p_=1.07M_J_, and radius of R_p_=1.38R _J_. Given the radius of the planet, the brightness of the host star, and the stellar rotational velocity (vsini=9.0km/s), this system will make an interesting target for future observations to measure the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect and determine its spin-orbit alignment. We detail the low-/medium-resolution reconnaissance spectroscopy that we are now using to deal with large numbers of transiting planet candidates produced by the HATSouth survey. We show that this important step in discovering planets produces logg and T_eff_ parameters at a precision suitable for efficient candidate vetting, as well as efficiently identifying stellar mass eclipsing binaries with radial velocity semi-amplitudes as low as 1km/s.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/147/144
- Title:
- Differential griz photometry of HATS-5
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/147/144
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery of HATS-5b, a transiting hot Saturn orbiting a G-type star, by the HATSouth survey. HATS-5b has a mass of M_p_{approx}0.24M_J_, radius of R_p_{approx}0.91R_J_, and transits its host star with a period of P{approx}4.7634days. The radius of HATS-5b is consistent with both theoretical and empirical models. The host star has a V-band magnitude of 12.6, mass of 0.94M_{sun}_, and radius of 0.87R_{sun}_. The relatively high scale height of HATS-5b and the bright, photometrically quiet host star make this planet a favorable target for future transmission spectroscopy follow-up observations. We reexamine the correlations in radius, equilibrium temperature, and metallicity of the close-in gas giants and find hot Jupiter-mass planets to exhibit the strongest dependence between radius and equilibrium temperature. We find no significant dependence in radius and metallicity for the close-in gas giant population.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/127/1727
- Title:
- Differential magnitudes of binary stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/127/1727
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Five hundred seventy-six magnitude difference measures are presented for 260 binary stars. These measures are derived from CCD-based speckle observations taken at the WIYN 3.5m telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory during the period 1997-2000. Separations of the systems range from over 1" down to near the diffraction limit of the telescope. A study of multiple measures of the same targets indicates that the measures have a typical uncertainty of better than 0.13mag per 2 minute observation, and that multiple observations can be averaged to arrive at smaller uncertainties. Results presented here are also compared, insofar as it is possible, with measures in the Hipparcos Catalogue and to previous studies using adaptive optics. No major systematic errors were identified.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/715/458
- Title:
- Differential photometry of HAT-P-14
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/715/458
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery of HAT-P-14b, a fairly massive transiting extrasolar planet orbiting the moderately bright star GSC 3086-00152 (V=9.98), with a period of P=4.627669+/-0.000005 days. The transit is close to grazing (impact parameter 0.891^+0.007^_-0.008_) and has a duration of 0.0912+/-0.0017 days, with a reference epoch of mid-transit of T_c_=2454875.28938+/-0.00047 (BJD). The orbit is slightly eccentric (e=0.107+/-0.013), and the orientation is such that occultations are unlikely to occur. The host star is a slightly evolved mid-F dwarf with a mass of 1.386+/-0.045M_{sun}_, a radius of 1.468+/-0.054R_{sun}_, effective temperature 6600+/-90K, and a slightly metal-rich composition corresponding to [Fe/H]=+0.11+/-0.08. The planet has a mass of 2.232+/-0.059M_J_ and a radius of 1.150+/-0.052R_J_, implying a mean density of 1.82+/-0.24g/cm^3^. Its radius is well reproduced by theoretical models for the 1.3Gyr age of the system if the planet has a heavy-element fraction of about 50M_{earth}_ (7% of its total mass). The brightness, near-grazing orientation, and other properties of HAT-P-14 make it a favorable transiting system to look for changes in the orbital elements or transit timing variations induced by a possible second planet, and also to place meaningful constraints on the presence of sub-Earth mass or Earth-mass exomoons, by monitoring it for transit duration variations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/813/111
- Title:
- Differential photometry of the K dwarf HATS-7
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/813/111
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery by the HATSouth network of HATS-7b, a transiting Super-Neptune with a mass of 0.120+/-0.012M_J_, a radius of 0.563_-0.034_^+0.046^R_J_, and an orbital period of 3.1853 days. The host star is a moderately bright (V=13.340+/-0.010mag, Ks=10.976+/-0.026mag) K dwarf star with a mass of 0.849+/-0.027M_{sun}_, a radius of 0.815_-0.035_^+0.049^R_{sun}_, and a metallicity of [Fe/H]=+0.250+/-0.080. The star is photometrically quiet to within the precision of the HATSouth measurements, has low RV jitter, and shows no evidence for chromospheric activity in its spectrum. HATS-7b is the second smallest radius planet discovered by a wide-field ground-based transit survey, and one of only a handful of Neptune-size planets with mass and radius determined to 10% precision. Theoretical modeling of HATS-7b yields a hydrogen-helium fraction of 18+/-4% (rock-iron core and H_2_-He envelope), or 9+/-4% (ice core and H_2_-He envelope), i.e., it has a composition broadly similar to that of Uranus and Neptune, and very different from that of Saturn, which has 75% of its mass in H_2_-He. Based on a sample of transiting exoplanets with accurately (<20%) determined parameters, we establish approximate power-law relations for the envelopes of the mass-density distribution of exoplanets. HATS-7b, which, together with the recently discovered HATS-8b, is one of the first two transiting super-Neptunes discovered in the Southern sky, is a prime target for additional follow-up observations with Southern hemisphere facilities to characterize the atmospheres of Super-Neptunes (which we define as objects with mass greater than that of Neptune, and smaller than halfway between that of Neptune and Saturn, i.e., 0.054M_J_<M_p_<0.18M_J_).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/158/141
- Title:
- Differential photometry & RVs of HAT-P-69 & HAT-P-70
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/158/141
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Wide-field surveys for transiting planets are well suited to searching diverse stellar populations, enabling a better understanding of the link between the properties of planets and their parent stars. We report the discovery of HAT-P-69 b (TOI 625.01) and HAT-P-70 b (TOI 624.01), two new hot Jupiters around A stars from the Hungarian-made Automated Telescope Network (HATNet) survey that have also been observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. HAT-P-69 b has a mass of 3.58_-0.58_^+0.58^ M_Jup_ and a radius of 1.676_-0.033_^+0.051^ R_Jup_ and resides in a prograde 4.79 day orbit. HAT-P-70 b has a radius of 1.87_-0.10_^+0.15^ R_Jup_ and a mass constraint of <6.78 (3{sigma}) M_Jup_ and resides in a retrograde 2.74 day orbit. We use the confirmation of these planets around relatively massive stars as an opportunity to explore the occurrence rate of hot Jupiters as a function of stellar mass. We define a sample of 47126 main-sequence stars brighter than T_mag_=10 that yields 31 giant planet candidates, including 18 confirmed planets, 3 candidates, and 10 false positives. We find a net hot Jupiter occurrence rate of 0.41+/-0.10% within this sample, consistent with the rate measured by Kepler for FGK stars. When divided into stellar mass bins, we find the occurrence rate to be 0.71+/-0.31% for G stars, 0.43+/-0.15% for F stars, and 0.26+/-0.11% for A stars. Thus, at this point, we cannot discern any statistically significant trend in the occurrence of hot Jupiters with stellar mass.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASP/122/162
- Title:
- Direct imaging of exoplanets
- Short Name:
- J/PASP/122/162
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- High-contrast imaging can find and characterize gas giant planets around nearby young stars and the closest M stars, complementing radial velocity and astrometric searches by exploring orbital separations inaccessible to indirect methods. Ground-based coronagraphs are already probing within 25AU of nearby young stars to find objects as small as 3M_{Jup}_. This paper contrasts near-term and future ground-based capabilities with high-contrast imaging modes of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Monte Carlo modeling reveals that JWST can detect planets with masses as small as 0.2M_{Jup}_ across a broad range of orbital separations. We present new calculations for planet brightness as a function of mass and age for specific JWST filters and extending to 0.1M_{Jup}_.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/648/A73
- Title:
- Discovery of the directly imaged planet YSES 2b
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/648/A73
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- To understand the origin and formation pathway of wide-orbit gas giant planets, it is necessary to expand the limited sample of these objects. The mass of exoplanets derived with spectrophotometry, however, varies strongly as a function of the age of the system and the mass of the primary star. By selecting stars with similar ages and masses, the Young Suns Exoplanet Survey (YSES) aims to detect and characterize planetary-mass companions to solar-type host stars in the Scorpius-Centaurus association. Our survey is carried out with VLT/SPHERE with short exposure sequences on the order of 5-min per star per filter. The subtraction of the stellar point spread function (PSF) is based on reference star differential imaging (RDI) using the other targets (with similar colors and magnitudes) in the survey in combination with principal component analysis. Two astrometric epochs that are separated by more than one year are used to confirm co-moving companions by proper motion analysis. We report the discovery of YSES 2b, a co-moving, planetary-mass companion to the K1 star YSES 2 (TYC 8984-2245-1, 2MASS J11275535-6626046). The primary has a Gaia EDR3 distance of 110pc, and we derive a revised mass of 1.1M_{sun}_ and an age of approximately 14Myr. We detect the companion in two observing epochs southwest of the star at a position angle of 205{deg} and with a separation of ~1.05", which translates to a minimum physical separation of 115au at the distance of the system. Photometric measurements in the H and Ks bands are indicative of a late L spectral type, similar to the innermost planets around HR 8799. We derive a photometric planet mass of 6.3^+1.6^_-0.9_M_{Jup}_ using AMES-COND and AMES-dusty evolutionary models; this mass corresponds to a mass ratio of q=(0.5+/-0.1)% with the primary. This is the lowest mass ratio of a direct imaging planet around a solar-type star to date. We discuss potential formation mechanisms and find that the current position of the planet is compatible with formation by disk gravitational instability, but its mass is lower than expected from numerical simulations. Formation via core accretion must have occurred closer to the star, yet we do not find evidence that supports the required outward migration, such as via scattering off another undiscovered companion in the system. We can exclude additional companions with masses greater than 13M_{Jup}_ in the full field of view of the detector (0.15"<{rho}<5.50"), at 0.5" we can rule out further objects that are more massive than 6M_{Jup}_, and for projected separations {rho}>2arcsec we are sensitive to planets with masses as low as 2M_{Jup}_. YSES 2b is an ideal target for follow-up observations to further the understanding of the physical and chemical formation mechanisms of wide-orbit Jovian planets. The YSES strategy of short snapshot observations (<=5min) and PSF subtraction based on a large reference library proves to be extremely efficient and should be considered for future direct imaging surveys.
