Characterizing K2 Planet Discoveries: A Super-Earth Transiting the Bright K Dwarf Hip 116454
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Montet, Benjamin T.
Buchhave, Lars A.
Pepe, Francesco
Cameron, Andrew Collier
Molinari, Emilio
Udry, Stéphane
Lovis, Christophe
Matthews, Jaymie M.
Cameron, Chris
Law, Nicholas
Bowler, Brendan P.
Angus, Ruth
Baranec, Christoph
Boschin, Walter
Cosentino, Rosario
Dumusque, Xavier
Figueira, Pedro
Guenther, David B.
Harutyunyan, Avet
Hellier, Coel
Kuschnig, Rainer
Lopez-Morales, Mercedes
Mayor, Michel
Micela, Giusi
Moffat, Anthony F. J.
Pedani, Marco
Piotto, Giampaolo
Pollacco, Don
Queloz, Didier
Rice, Ken
Riddle, Reed
Rowe, Jason F.
Rucinski, Slavek M.
Ségransan, Damien
Sozzetti, Alessandro
Watson, Chris
Weiss, Werner W.
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Vanderburg, Andrew, Benjamin T. Montet, John Asher Johnson, Lars A. Buchhave, Li Zeng, Francesco Pepe, Andrew Collier Cameron, et al. 2015. “Characterizing K2 Planet Discoveries: A Super-Earth Transiting the Bright K Dwarf Hip 116454.” The Astrophysical Journal 800 (1) (February 9): 59. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/800/1/59.Abstract
We report the first planet discovery from the two-wheeled Kepler (K2) mission: HIP 116454 b. The host star HIP 116454 is a bright (V = 10.1, K = 8.0) K1 dwarf with high proper motion and a parallax-based distance of 55.2 ± 5.4 pc. Based on high-resolution optical spectroscopy, we find that the host star is metal-poor with [Fe/H] = −0.16±0.08 and has a radius R = 0.716 ± 0.024 R and mass M = 0.775±0.027 M. The star was observed by the Kepler spacecraft during its Two-Wheeled Concept Engineering Test in 2014 February. During the 9 days of observations, K2 observed a single transit event. Using a new K2 photometric analysis technique, we are able to correct small telescope drifts and recover the observed transit at high confidence, corresponding to a planetary radius of Rp = 2.53 ± 0.18 R⊕. Radial velocity observations with the HARPS-N spectrograph reveal a 11.82 ± 1.33 M⊕ planet in a 9.1 day orbit, consistent with the transit depth, duration, and ephemeris. Follow-up photometric measurements from the MOST satellite confirm the transit observed in the K2 photometry and provide a refined ephemeris, making HIP 116454 b amenable for future follow-up observations of this latest addition to the growing population of transiting super-Earths around nearby, bright stars.Other Sources
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