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A super-Earth and two sub-Neptunes transiting the nearby and quiet M dwarf TOI-270

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dc.contributor.authorGunther , Maximilian
dc.contributor.authorPozuelos, Francisco J.
dc.contributor.authorDittmann, Jason
dc.contributor.authorDragomir, Diana
dc.contributor.authorKane, Stephen R.
dc.contributor.authorDaylan, Tansu
dc.contributor.authorFeinstein, Adina D.
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Chelsea X
dc.contributor.authorMorton, Timothy D.
dc.contributor.authorBonfanti, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorIreland, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-29T04:26:24Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.updated2020-12-20T07:38:18Z
dc.description.abstractOne of the primary goals of exoplanetary science is to detect small, temperate planets passing (transiting) in front of bright and quiet host stars. This enables the characterization of planetary sizes, orbits, bulk compositions, atmospheres and formation histories. These studies are facilitated by small and cool M dwarf host stars. Here we report the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)1 discovery of three small planets transiting one of the nearest and brightest M dwarf hosts observed to date, TOI-270 (TIC 259377017, with K-magnitude 8.3, and 22.5 parsecs away from Earth). The M3V-type star is transited by the super-Earth-sized planet TOI-270 b (1.247+0.089−0.083 R⊕) and the sub-Neptune-sized planets TOI-270 c (2.42 - 0.13 R⊕) and TOI-270 d (2.13 - 0.12 R⊕). The planets orbit close to a mean-motion resonant chain, with periods (3.36 days, 5.66 days and 11.38 days, respectively) near ratios of small integers (5:3 and 2:1). TOI-270 is a prime target for future studies because (1) its near-resonance allows the detection of transit timing variations, enabling precise mass measurements and dynamical studies; (2) its brightness enables independent radial-velocity mass measurements; (3) the outer planets are ideal for atmospheric characterization via transmission spectroscopy; and (4) the quietness of the star enables future searches for habitable zone planets. Altogether, very few systems with small, temperate exoplanets are as suitable for such complementary and detailed characterization as TOI-270.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipWe thank B. J. Fulton and E. Petigura for providing their data to recreate the radius gap histogram in Fig. 2. Funding for the TESS mission is provided by NASA’s Science Mission directorate. We acknowledge the use of public TESS Alert data from pipelines at the TESS Science Office and at the TESS Science Processing Operations Center. This research has made use of the Exoplanet Follow-up Observation Program website, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Exoplanet Exploration Program. This paper includes data collected by the TESS mission, which are publicly available from the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST). Resources supporting this work were provided by the NASA High-End Computing (HEC) Program through the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division at Ames Research Center for the production of the SPOC data products. TRAPPIST is funded by the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (Fond National de la Recherche Scientifique, FNRS) under the grant FRFC 2.5.594.09.F, with the participation of the Swiss National Science Fundation (SNF). The research leading to these results has received funding from the ARC grant for Concerted Research Actions, financed by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. This work uses observations collected at the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere under ESO programme 102.C-0503(A). This work makes use of results from the European Space Agency (ESA) space mission Gaia. Gaia data are being processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC). Funding for the DPAC is provided by national institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia MultiLateral Agreement (MLA). This publication makes use of data products from the Two Micron All Sky Survey, which is a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation. This research has made use of NASA’s Astrophysics Data System Bibliographic Services. This research has made use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Exoplanet Exploration Program. M.N.G., C.X.H. and J.B. acknowledge support from MIT’s Kavli Institute as Torres postdoctoral fellows. D.D. acknowledges support for this work provided by NASA through Hubble Fellowship grant HST-HF2-51372.001-A, awarded by the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy for NASA, under contract NAS5-26555. T.D. acknowledges support from MIT’s Kavli Institute as a Kavli postdoctoral fellow. Work by B.T.M. was performed under contract with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) funded by NASA through the Sagan Fellowship Program executed by the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute. J.G.W. is supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation. S.W. thanks the Heising-Simons Foundation for their generous support. M.G. and E.J. are FNRS Senior Research Associates. K.H. acknowledges support from STFC grant ST/R000824/1. B.R.-A. acknowledges funding support from Conicyt Pai/Concurso Nacional Inserción En La Academia, Convocatoria 2015 79150050 and Fondecyt through grant 11181295. J.C.S. acknowledges funding support from Spanish public funds for research under projects ESP2017-87676-2-2 and RYC-2012-09913 (Ramón y Cajal programme) of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education. J.A.D. is a 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn2397-3366en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/262760
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherNature Publishing Groupen_AU
dc.relationhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/ST/R000824/1en_AU
dc.rights© 2019 The Authorsen_AU
dc.sourceNature Astronomyen_AU
dc.titleA super-Earth and two sub-Neptunes transiting the nearby and quiet M dwarf TOI-270en_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue12en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage1108en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1099en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationGunther , Maximilian N., Massachusetts Institute of Technologyen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationPozuelos, Francisco J., Universite de Liegeen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationDittmann, Jason, Massachusetts Institute of Technologyen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationDragomir, Diana, Massachusetts Institute of Technologyen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationKane, Stephen R., University of Californiaen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationDaylan, Tansu, Massachusetts Institute of Technologyen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationFeinstein, Adina D., University of Chicagoen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationHuang, Chelsea X, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Researchen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMorton, Timothy D., University of Floridaen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationBonfanti, Andrea, Universite de Liegeen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationIreland, Michael, College of Science, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidIreland, Michael, u5544212en_AU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor020108 - Planetary Science (excl. Extraterrestrial Geology)en_AU
local.identifier.absfor020110 - Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systemsen_AU
local.identifier.absseo970102 - Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciencesen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu5786633xPUB1303en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume3en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1038/s41550-019-0845-5en_AU
local.identifier.thomsonIDWOS:000501586100020
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.nature.com/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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