NIRPS and TESS reveal a peculiar system around the M dwarf TOI-756: A transiting sub-Neptune and a cold eccentric giant

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Main Authors: Parc, Léna, Bouchy, François, Cook, Neil J., Grieves, Nolan, Artigau, Étienne, L'Heureux, Alexandrine, Doyon, René, Messias, Yuri S., Baron, Frédérique, Barros, Susana C. C., Benneke, Björn, Bonfils, Xavier, Bryan, Marta, Martins, Bruno L. Canto, Cloutier, Ryan, Cowan, Nicolas B., de Freitas, Daniel Brito, De Medeiros, Jose Renan, Delfosse, Xavier, Delgado-Mena, Elisa, Dumusque, Xavier, Ehrenreich, David, Figueira, Pedro, Hernández, Jonay I. González, Lafrenière, David, Leão, Izan de Castro, Lovis, Christophe, Malo, Lison, Melo, Claudio, Mignon, Lucile, Mordasini, Christoph, Pepe, Francesco, Rebolo, Rafael, Rowe, Jason, Santos, Nuno C., Ségransan, Damien, Mascareño, Alejandro Suárez, Udry, Stéphane, Valencia, Diana, Wade, Gregg, Abreu, Manuel, Aguiar, José L. A., Moulla, Khaled Al, Allain, Guillaume, Allart, Romain, Almenara, Jose Manuel, Arial, Tomy, Auger, Hugues, Bazinet, Luc, Blind, Nicolas, Bohlender, David, Boisse, Isabelle, Boucher, Anne, Bourrier, Vincent, Bovay, Sébastien, Branco, Pedro, Broeg, Christopher, Brousseau, Denis, Cabral, Alexandre, Cadieux, Charles, Carmona, Andres, Carteret, Yann, Challita, Zalpha, Charbonneau, David, Chazelas, Bruno, Clark, Catherine A., Coelho, João, Cointepas, Marion, Collins, Karen A., Collins, Kevin I., Conod, Uriel, Cristo, Eduardo, Silva, Ana Rita Costa, Darveau-Bernier, Antoine, Dauplaise, Laurie, Delisle, Jean-Baptiste, Gomes, Roseane de Lima, Faria, João, Fontinele, Dasaev O., Forveille, Thierry, Frensch, Yolanda G. C., Gagné, Jonathan, Genest, Frédéric, Genolet, Ludovic, da Silva, João Gomes, Témich, Félix Gracia, Gromek, Nicole, Hernandez, Olivier, Hobson, Melissa J., Hoeijmakers, Jens H., Hubin, Norbert, Jafariyazani, Marziye, Jahandar, Farbod, Jayawardhana, Ray, Käufl, Hans-Ulrich, Kerley, Dan, Kolb, Johann, Krishnamurthy, Vigneshwaran, Kung, Benjamin, Lamontagne, Pierrot, Larue, Pierre, Leath, Henry, Lim, Olivia, Curto, Gaspare Lo, Martins, Allan M., Matthews, Elisabeth C., Matthews, Jaymie, Mayer, Jean-Sébastien, Metchev, Stan, Messamah, Lina, Moranta, Leslie, Mounzer, Dany, Nari, Nicola, Nielsen, Louise D., Osborn, Ares, Ouellet, Mathieu, Otegi, Jon, Pasquini, Luca, Passegger, Vera M., Pelletier, Stefan, Peroux, Céline, Piaulet-Ghorayeb, Caroline, Plotnykov, Mykhaylo, Pompei, Emanuela, Poulin-Girard, Anne-Sophie, Rasilla, José Luis, Reshetov, Vladimir, Saint-Antoine, Jonathan, Sarajlic, Mirsad, Saviane, Ivo, Schnell, Robin, Segovia, Alex, Seidel, Julia, Silber, Armin, Sinclair, Peter, Sordet, Michael, Sosnowska, Danuta, Srivastava, Avidaan, Stefanov, Atanas K., Teixeira, Márcio A., Thibault, Simon, Vallée, Philippe, Vandal, Thomas, Vaulato, Valentina, Wardenier, Joost P., Wehbe, Bachar, Weisserman, Drew, Wevers, Ivan, Wildi, François, Yariv, Vincent, Zins, Gérard
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author Parc, Léna
Bouchy, François
Cook, Neil J.
Grieves, Nolan
Artigau, Étienne
L'Heureux, Alexandrine
Doyon, René
Messias, Yuri S.
Baron, Frédérique
Barros, Susana C. C.
Benneke, Björn
Bonfils, Xavier
Bryan, Marta
Martins, Bruno L. Canto
Cloutier, Ryan
Cowan, Nicolas B.
de Freitas, Daniel Brito
De Medeiros, Jose Renan
Delfosse, Xavier
Delgado-Mena, Elisa
Dumusque, Xavier
Ehrenreich, David
Figueira, Pedro
Hernández, Jonay I. González
Lafrenière, David
Leão, Izan de Castro
Lovis, Christophe
Malo, Lison
Melo, Claudio
Mignon, Lucile
Mordasini, Christoph
Pepe, Francesco
Rebolo, Rafael
Rowe, Jason
Santos, Nuno C.
Ségransan, Damien
Mascareño, Alejandro Suárez
Udry, Stéphane
Valencia, Diana
Wade, Gregg
Abreu, Manuel
Aguiar, José L. A.
Moulla, Khaled Al
Allain, Guillaume
Allart, Romain
Almenara, Jose Manuel
Arial, Tomy
Auger, Hugues
Bazinet, Luc
Blind, Nicolas
Bohlender, David
Boisse, Isabelle
Boucher, Anne
Bourrier, Vincent
Bovay, Sébastien
Branco, Pedro
Broeg, Christopher
Brousseau, Denis
Cabral, Alexandre
Cadieux, Charles
Carmona, Andres
Carteret, Yann
Challita, Zalpha
Charbonneau, David
Chazelas, Bruno
Clark, Catherine A.
Coelho, João
Cointepas, Marion
Collins, Karen A.
Collins, Kevin I.
Conod, Uriel
Cristo, Eduardo
Silva, Ana Rita Costa
Darveau-Bernier, Antoine
Dauplaise, Laurie
Delisle, Jean-Baptiste
Gomes, Roseane de Lima
Faria, João
Fontinele, Dasaev O.
Forveille, Thierry
Frensch, Yolanda G. C.
Gagné, Jonathan
Genest, Frédéric
Genolet, Ludovic
da Silva, João Gomes
Témich, Félix Gracia
Gromek, Nicole
Hernandez, Olivier
Hobson, Melissa J.
Hoeijmakers, Jens H.
Hubin, Norbert
Jafariyazani, Marziye
Jahandar, Farbod
Jayawardhana, Ray
Käufl, Hans-Ulrich
Kerley, Dan
Kolb, Johann
Krishnamurthy, Vigneshwaran
Kung, Benjamin
Lamontagne, Pierrot
Larue, Pierre
Leath, Henry
Lim, Olivia
Curto, Gaspare Lo
Martins, Allan M.
Matthews, Elisabeth C.
Matthews, Jaymie
Mayer, Jean-Sébastien
Metchev, Stan
Messamah, Lina
Moranta, Leslie
Mounzer, Dany
Nari, Nicola
Nielsen, Louise D.
Osborn, Ares
Ouellet, Mathieu
Otegi, Jon
Pasquini, Luca
Passegger, Vera M.
Pelletier, Stefan
Peroux, Céline
Piaulet-Ghorayeb, Caroline
Plotnykov, Mykhaylo
Pompei, Emanuela
Poulin-Girard, Anne-Sophie
Rasilla, José Luis
Reshetov, Vladimir
Saint-Antoine, Jonathan
Sarajlic, Mirsad
Saviane, Ivo
Schnell, Robin
Segovia, Alex
Seidel, Julia
Silber, Armin
Sinclair, Peter
Sordet, Michael
Sosnowska, Danuta
Srivastava, Avidaan
Stefanov, Atanas K.
Teixeira, Márcio A.
Thibault, Simon
Vallée, Philippe
Vandal, Thomas
Vaulato, Valentina
Wardenier, Joost P.
Wehbe, Bachar
Weisserman, Drew
Wevers, Ivan
Wildi, François
Yariv, Vincent
Zins, Gérard
author_facet Parc, Léna
Bouchy, François
Cook, Neil J.
Grieves, Nolan
Artigau, Étienne
L'Heureux, Alexandrine
Doyon, René
Messias, Yuri S.
Baron, Frédérique
Barros, Susana C. C.
Benneke, Björn
Bonfils, Xavier
Bryan, Marta
Martins, Bruno L. Canto
Cloutier, Ryan
Cowan, Nicolas B.
de Freitas, Daniel Brito
De Medeiros, Jose Renan
Delfosse, Xavier
Delgado-Mena, Elisa
Dumusque, Xavier
Ehrenreich, David
Figueira, Pedro
Hernández, Jonay I. González
Lafrenière, David
Leão, Izan de Castro
Lovis, Christophe
Malo, Lison
Melo, Claudio
Mignon, Lucile
Mordasini, Christoph
Pepe, Francesco
Rebolo, Rafael
Rowe, Jason
Santos, Nuno C.
Ségransan, Damien
Mascareño, Alejandro Suárez
Udry, Stéphane
Valencia, Diana
Wade, Gregg
Abreu, Manuel
Aguiar, José L. A.
Moulla, Khaled Al
Allain, Guillaume
Allart, Romain
Almenara, Jose Manuel
Arial, Tomy
Auger, Hugues
Bazinet, Luc
Blind, Nicolas
Bohlender, David
Boisse, Isabelle
Boucher, Anne
Bourrier, Vincent
Bovay, Sébastien
Branco, Pedro
Broeg, Christopher
Brousseau, Denis
Cabral, Alexandre
Cadieux, Charles
Carmona, Andres
Carteret, Yann
Challita, Zalpha
Charbonneau, David
Chazelas, Bruno
Clark, Catherine A.
Coelho, João
Cointepas, Marion
Collins, Karen A.
Collins, Kevin I.
Conod, Uriel
Cristo, Eduardo
Silva, Ana Rita Costa
Darveau-Bernier, Antoine
Dauplaise, Laurie
Delisle, Jean-Baptiste
Gomes, Roseane de Lima
Faria, João
Fontinele, Dasaev O.
Forveille, Thierry
Frensch, Yolanda G. C.
Gagné, Jonathan
Genest, Frédéric
Genolet, Ludovic
da Silva, João Gomes
Témich, Félix Gracia
Gromek, Nicole
Hernandez, Olivier
Hobson, Melissa J.
Hoeijmakers, Jens H.
Hubin, Norbert
Jafariyazani, Marziye
Jahandar, Farbod
Jayawardhana, Ray
Käufl, Hans-Ulrich
Kerley, Dan
Kolb, Johann
Krishnamurthy, Vigneshwaran
Kung, Benjamin
Lamontagne, Pierrot
Larue, Pierre
Leath, Henry
Lim, Olivia
Curto, Gaspare Lo
Martins, Allan M.
Matthews, Elisabeth C.
Matthews, Jaymie
Mayer, Jean-Sébastien
Metchev, Stan
Messamah, Lina
Moranta, Leslie
Mounzer, Dany
Nari, Nicola
Nielsen, Louise D.
Osborn, Ares
Ouellet, Mathieu
Otegi, Jon
Pasquini, Luca
Passegger, Vera M.
Pelletier, Stefan
Peroux, Céline
Piaulet-Ghorayeb, Caroline
Plotnykov, Mykhaylo
Pompei, Emanuela
Poulin-Girard, Anne-Sophie
Rasilla, José Luis
Reshetov, Vladimir
Saint-Antoine, Jonathan
Sarajlic, Mirsad
Saviane, Ivo
Schnell, Robin
Segovia, Alex
Seidel, Julia
Silber, Armin
Sinclair, Peter
Sordet, Michael
Sosnowska, Danuta
Srivastava, Avidaan
Stefanov, Atanas K.
Teixeira, Márcio A.
Thibault, Simon
Vallée, Philippe
Vandal, Thomas
Vaulato, Valentina
Wardenier, Joost P.
Wehbe, Bachar
Weisserman, Drew
Wevers, Ivan
Wildi, François
Yariv, Vincent
Zins, Gérard
contents The Near InfraRed Planet Searcher (NIRPS) joined HARPS on the 3.6-m ESO telescope at La Silla Observatory in April 2023, dedicating part of its Guaranteed Time Observations (GTO) program to the radial velocity follow-up of TESS planet candidates to confirm and characterize transiting planets around M dwarfs. We report the first results of this program with the characterization of the TOI-756 system, which consists of TOI-756 b, a transiting sub-Neptune candidate detected by TESS, as well as TOI-756 c, an additional non-transiting planet discovered by NIRPS and HARPS. TOI-756 b is a 1.24-day period sub-Neptune with a radius of 2.81 $\pm$ 0.10 $R_\oplus$ and a mass of 9.8$^{+1.8}_{-1.6}$ $M_\oplus$. TOI-756 c is a cold eccentric (e$_c$ = 0.45 $\pm$ 0.01) giant planet orbiting with a period of 149.6 days around its star with a minimum mass of 4.05 $\pm$ 0.11 $M_\mathrm{jup}$. Additionally, a linear trend of 146$~\mathrm{m\,s}^{-1}\,\mathrm{yr}^{-1}$ is visible in the radial velocities, hinting at a third component, possibly in the planetary or brown dwarf regime. This system is unique in the exoplanet landscape, standing as the first confirmed example of such a planetary architecture around an M dwarf. With a density of 2.42 $\pm$ 0.49 g cm$^{-3}$, the inner planet, TOI-756 b, is a volatile-rich sub-Neptune. Assuming a pure H/He envelope, we inferred an atmospheric mass fraction of 0.023 and a core mass fraction of 0.27, which is well constrained by stellar refractory abundances derived from NIRPS spectra. It falls within the still poorly explored radius cliff and at the lower boundary of the Neptune desert, making it a prime target for a future atmospheric characterization with JWST to improve our understanding of this population.
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spellingShingle NIRPS and TESS reveal a peculiar system around the M dwarf TOI-756: A transiting sub-Neptune and a cold eccentric giant
Parc, Léna
Bouchy, François
Cook, Neil J.
Grieves, Nolan
Artigau, Étienne
L'Heureux, Alexandrine
Doyon, René
Messias, Yuri S.
Baron, Frédérique
Barros, Susana C. C.
Benneke, Björn
Bonfils, Xavier
Bryan, Marta
Martins, Bruno L. Canto
Cloutier, Ryan
Cowan, Nicolas B.
de Freitas, Daniel Brito
De Medeiros, Jose Renan
Delfosse, Xavier
Delgado-Mena, Elisa
Dumusque, Xavier
Ehrenreich, David
Figueira, Pedro
Hernández, Jonay I. González
Lafrenière, David
Leão, Izan de Castro
Lovis, Christophe
Malo, Lison
Melo, Claudio
Mignon, Lucile
Mordasini, Christoph
Pepe, Francesco
Rebolo, Rafael
Rowe, Jason
Santos, Nuno C.
Ségransan, Damien
Mascareño, Alejandro Suárez
Udry, Stéphane
Valencia, Diana
Wade, Gregg
Abreu, Manuel
Aguiar, José L. A.
Moulla, Khaled Al
Allain, Guillaume
Allart, Romain
Almenara, Jose Manuel
Arial, Tomy
Auger, Hugues
Bazinet, Luc
Blind, Nicolas
Bohlender, David
Boisse, Isabelle
Boucher, Anne
Bourrier, Vincent
Bovay, Sébastien
Branco, Pedro
Broeg, Christopher
Brousseau, Denis
Cabral, Alexandre
Cadieux, Charles
Carmona, Andres
Carteret, Yann
Challita, Zalpha
Charbonneau, David
Chazelas, Bruno
Clark, Catherine A.
Coelho, João
Cointepas, Marion
Collins, Karen A.
Collins, Kevin I.
Conod, Uriel
Cristo, Eduardo
Silva, Ana Rita Costa
Darveau-Bernier, Antoine
Dauplaise, Laurie
Delisle, Jean-Baptiste
Gomes, Roseane de Lima
Faria, João
Fontinele, Dasaev O.
Forveille, Thierry
Frensch, Yolanda G. C.
Gagné, Jonathan
Genest, Frédéric
Genolet, Ludovic
da Silva, João Gomes
Témich, Félix Gracia
Gromek, Nicole
Hernandez, Olivier
Hobson, Melissa J.
Hoeijmakers, Jens H.
Hubin, Norbert
Jafariyazani, Marziye
Jahandar, Farbod
Jayawardhana, Ray
Käufl, Hans-Ulrich
Kerley, Dan
Kolb, Johann
Krishnamurthy, Vigneshwaran
Kung, Benjamin
Lamontagne, Pierrot
Larue, Pierre
Leath, Henry
Lim, Olivia
Curto, Gaspare Lo
Martins, Allan M.
Matthews, Elisabeth C.
Matthews, Jaymie
Mayer, Jean-Sébastien
Metchev, Stan
Messamah, Lina
Moranta, Leslie
Mounzer, Dany
Nari, Nicola
Nielsen, Louise D.
Osborn, Ares
Ouellet, Mathieu
Otegi, Jon
Pasquini, Luca
Passegger, Vera M.
Pelletier, Stefan
Peroux, Céline
Piaulet-Ghorayeb, Caroline
Plotnykov, Mykhaylo
Pompei, Emanuela
Poulin-Girard, Anne-Sophie
Rasilla, José Luis
Reshetov, Vladimir
Saint-Antoine, Jonathan
Sarajlic, Mirsad
Saviane, Ivo
Schnell, Robin
Segovia, Alex
Seidel, Julia
Silber, Armin
Sinclair, Peter
Sordet, Michael
Sosnowska, Danuta
Srivastava, Avidaan
Stefanov, Atanas K.
Teixeira, Márcio A.
Thibault, Simon
Vallée, Philippe
Vandal, Thomas
Vaulato, Valentina
Wardenier, Joost P.
Wehbe, Bachar
Weisserman, Drew
Wevers, Ivan
Wildi, François
Yariv, Vincent
Zins, Gérard
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
The Near InfraRed Planet Searcher (NIRPS) joined HARPS on the 3.6-m ESO telescope at La Silla Observatory in April 2023, dedicating part of its Guaranteed Time Observations (GTO) program to the radial velocity follow-up of TESS planet candidates to confirm and characterize transiting planets around M dwarfs. We report the first results of this program with the characterization of the TOI-756 system, which consists of TOI-756 b, a transiting sub-Neptune candidate detected by TESS, as well as TOI-756 c, an additional non-transiting planet discovered by NIRPS and HARPS. TOI-756 b is a 1.24-day period sub-Neptune with a radius of 2.81 $\pm$ 0.10 $R_\oplus$ and a mass of 9.8$^{+1.8}_{-1.6}$ $M_\oplus$. TOI-756 c is a cold eccentric (e$_c$ = 0.45 $\pm$ 0.01) giant planet orbiting with a period of 149.6 days around its star with a minimum mass of 4.05 $\pm$ 0.11 $M_\mathrm{jup}$. Additionally, a linear trend of 146$~\mathrm{m\,s}^{-1}\,\mathrm{yr}^{-1}$ is visible in the radial velocities, hinting at a third component, possibly in the planetary or brown dwarf regime. This system is unique in the exoplanet landscape, standing as the first confirmed example of such a planetary architecture around an M dwarf. With a density of 2.42 $\pm$ 0.49 g cm$^{-3}$, the inner planet, TOI-756 b, is a volatile-rich sub-Neptune. Assuming a pure H/He envelope, we inferred an atmospheric mass fraction of 0.023 and a core mass fraction of 0.27, which is well constrained by stellar refractory abundances derived from NIRPS spectra. It falls within the still poorly explored radius cliff and at the lower boundary of the Neptune desert, making it a prime target for a future atmospheric characterization with JWST to improve our understanding of this population.
title NIRPS and TESS reveal a peculiar system around the M dwarf TOI-756: A transiting sub-Neptune and a cold eccentric giant
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.14927