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author Martinez, Romy Rodriguez
Eastman, Jason D.
Collins, Karen
Rodriguez, Joseph
Charbonneau, David
Quinn, Samuel
Latham, David W.
Ziegler, Carl
Brahm, Rafael
Fairnington, Tyler
Ulmer-Moll, Solene
Stassun, Keivan
Suarez, Olga
Guillot, Tristan
Hobson, Melissa
Winn, Joshua N.
Kanodia, Shubham
Schlecker, Martin
Butler, R. P.
Crane, Jeffrey D.
Shectman, Steve
Teske, Johanna K.
Osip, David
Beletsky, Yuri
Battley, Matthew P.
Psaridi, Angelica
Figueira, Pedro
Lendl, Monika
Bouche, Francois
Udry, Stephane
Kunimoto, Michelle
Mekarnia, Dejamel
Abe, Lyu
Trifonov, Trifonov
Pinto, Marcelo T.
Eberhardt, Jan
Espinoza, Nestor
Henning, Thomas
Jordan, Andres
Rojas, Felipe I.
Barkaoui, Khalid
Relles, Howard M.
Srdoc, Gregor
Collins, Kevin I.
Seager, Sara
Shporer, Avi
Vezie, Michael
Hedges, Christina L.
Mireles, Ismael
author_facet Martinez, Romy Rodriguez
Eastman, Jason D.
Collins, Karen
Rodriguez, Joseph
Charbonneau, David
Quinn, Samuel
Latham, David W.
Ziegler, Carl
Brahm, Rafael
Fairnington, Tyler
Ulmer-Moll, Solene
Stassun, Keivan
Suarez, Olga
Guillot, Tristan
Hobson, Melissa
Winn, Joshua N.
Kanodia, Shubham
Schlecker, Martin
Butler, R. P.
Crane, Jeffrey D.
Shectman, Steve
Teske, Johanna K.
Osip, David
Beletsky, Yuri
Battley, Matthew P.
Psaridi, Angelica
Figueira, Pedro
Lendl, Monika
Bouche, Francois
Udry, Stephane
Kunimoto, Michelle
Mekarnia, Dejamel
Abe, Lyu
Trifonov, Trifonov
Pinto, Marcelo T.
Eberhardt, Jan
Espinoza, Nestor
Henning, Thomas
Jordan, Andres
Rojas, Felipe I.
Barkaoui, Khalid
Relles, Howard M.
Srdoc, Gregor
Collins, Kevin I.
Seager, Sara
Shporer, Avi
Vezie, Michael
Hedges, Christina L.
Mireles, Ismael
contents We present the detection and characterization of TOI-4994b (TIC 277128619b), a warm Saturn-sized planet discovered by the NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). TOI-4994b transits a G-type star (V = 12.6 mag) with a mass, radius, and effective temperature of $M_{\star} =1.005^{+0.064}_{-0.061} M_{\odot}$, $R_{\star} = 1.055^{+0.040}_{-0.037} R_{\odot}$, and $T_{\rm eff} = 5640 \pm 110$ K. We obtained follow-up ground-based photometry from the Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) and the Antarctic Search for Transiting ExoPlanets (ASTEP) telescopes, and we confirmed the planetary nature of TOI-4994b with multiple radial velocity observations from the PFS, CHIRON, HARPS, FEROS, and CORALIE instruments. From a global fit to the photometry and radial velocities, we determine that TOI-4994b is in a 21.5-day, eccentric orbit ($e = 0.32 \pm 0.04$) and has a mass of $M_{P}= 0.280^{+0.037}_{-0.034} M_{J}$, a radius of $R_{P}= 0.762^{+0.030}_{-0.027}R_{J}$, and a Saturn-like bulk density of $ρ_{p} = 0.78^{+0.16}_{-0.14}$ $\rm g/cm^3$. We find that TOI-4994 is a potentially viable candidate for follow-up stellar obliquity measurements. TOI-4994b joins the small sample of warm Saturn analogs and thus sheds light on our understanding of these rare and unique worlds.
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spellingShingle Discovery and Characterization of an Eccentric, Warm Saturn Transiting the Solar Analog TOI-4994
Martinez, Romy Rodriguez
Eastman, Jason D.
Collins, Karen
Rodriguez, Joseph
Charbonneau, David
Quinn, Samuel
Latham, David W.
Ziegler, Carl
Brahm, Rafael
Fairnington, Tyler
Ulmer-Moll, Solene
Stassun, Keivan
Suarez, Olga
Guillot, Tristan
Hobson, Melissa
Winn, Joshua N.
Kanodia, Shubham
Schlecker, Martin
Butler, R. P.
Crane, Jeffrey D.
Shectman, Steve
Teske, Johanna K.
Osip, David
Beletsky, Yuri
Battley, Matthew P.
Psaridi, Angelica
Figueira, Pedro
Lendl, Monika
Bouche, Francois
Udry, Stephane
Kunimoto, Michelle
Mekarnia, Dejamel
Abe, Lyu
Trifonov, Trifonov
Pinto, Marcelo T.
Eberhardt, Jan
Espinoza, Nestor
Henning, Thomas
Jordan, Andres
Rojas, Felipe I.
Barkaoui, Khalid
Relles, Howard M.
Srdoc, Gregor
Collins, Kevin I.
Seager, Sara
Shporer, Avi
Vezie, Michael
Hedges, Christina L.
Mireles, Ismael
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
We present the detection and characterization of TOI-4994b (TIC 277128619b), a warm Saturn-sized planet discovered by the NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). TOI-4994b transits a G-type star (V = 12.6 mag) with a mass, radius, and effective temperature of $M_{\star} =1.005^{+0.064}_{-0.061} M_{\odot}$, $R_{\star} = 1.055^{+0.040}_{-0.037} R_{\odot}$, and $T_{\rm eff} = 5640 \pm 110$ K. We obtained follow-up ground-based photometry from the Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) and the Antarctic Search for Transiting ExoPlanets (ASTEP) telescopes, and we confirmed the planetary nature of TOI-4994b with multiple radial velocity observations from the PFS, CHIRON, HARPS, FEROS, and CORALIE instruments. From a global fit to the photometry and radial velocities, we determine that TOI-4994b is in a 21.5-day, eccentric orbit ($e = 0.32 \pm 0.04$) and has a mass of $M_{P}= 0.280^{+0.037}_{-0.034} M_{J}$, a radius of $R_{P}= 0.762^{+0.030}_{-0.027}R_{J}$, and a Saturn-like bulk density of $ρ_{p} = 0.78^{+0.16}_{-0.14}$ $\rm g/cm^3$. We find that TOI-4994 is a potentially viable candidate for follow-up stellar obliquity measurements. TOI-4994b joins the small sample of warm Saturn analogs and thus sheds light on our understanding of these rare and unique worlds.
title Discovery and Characterization of an Eccentric, Warm Saturn Transiting the Solar Analog TOI-4994
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.02769