We report the discovery of the exoplanet K2-110 b (previously EPIC212521166b) from K2 photometry orbiting in a 13.8637d period around an old, metal-poor K3 dwarf star. With a V-band magnitude of 11.9, K2-110 is particularly amenable to RV follow-up. A joint analysis of K2 photometry and high-precision RVs from 28 HARPS and HARPS-N spectra reveal it to have a radius of 2.6 ± 0.1R ⊕ and a mass of 16.7 ± 3.2M ⊕ , hence a density of 5.2 ± 1.2 g cm -3 , making it one of the most massive planets yet to be found with a sub-Neptune radius. When accounting for compression, the resulting Earth-like density is best fitted by a 0.2M ⊕ hydrogen atmosphere over an 16.5M ⊕ Earth-like interior, although the planet could also have significant water content. At 0.1 AU, even taking into account the old stellar age of 8 ± 3 Gyr, the planet is unlikely to have been significantly affected by EUV evaporation. However the planet likelydisc-migrated to its current position making the lack of a thick H 2 atmosphere puzzling. This analysis has made K2-110 b one of the best-characterised mini-Neptunes with density constrained to less than 30%. © 2017 ESO.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | K2-110 b: A massive mini-Neptune exoplanet |
Autor: | Osborn, H.P.; Santerne, A.; Barros, S.C.C.; Santos, N.C.; Dumusque, X.; Malavolta, L.; Armstrong, D.J.; Hojjatpanah, S.; Demangeon, O.; Adibekyan, V.; Almenara, J.-M.; Barrado, D.; Bayliss, D.; Boisse, I.; Bouchy, F.; Brown, D.J.A.; Cameron, A.C.; Charbonneau, D.; Deleuil, M.; Delgado Mena, E.; DIáz, R.F.; Hébrard, G.; Kirk, J.; King, G.W.; Lam, K.W.F.; Latham, D.; Lillo-Box, J.; Louden, T.M.; Lovis, C.; Marmier, M.; McCormac, J.; Molinari, E.; Pepe, F.; Pollacco, D.; Sousa, S.G.; Udry, S.; Walker, S.R. |
Filiación: | Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências Do Espaço, Universidade Do Porto, CAUP, rua das Estrelas, Porto, 4150-762, Portugal Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, UMR 7326, Marseille, 13388, France Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Universidade Do Porto, rua Campo Alegre, Porto, 4169-007, Portugal Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève, 51 Chemin des Maillettes, Versoix, 1290, Switzerland Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia Galileo Galilei, Universita' di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 3, Padova, 35122, Italy INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5, Padova, 35122, Italy ARC, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, University Road, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom Department of Physics, University of Zanjan, University Blvd, Zanjan, 45371-38791, Iran Université Grenoble Alpes, IPAG, Grenoble, 38000, France CNRS, IPAG, Grenoble, 38000, France School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews Fife, KY16 9SS, United Kingdom Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Astronomiá y Física Del Espacio (IAFE), Buenos Aires, Argentina Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, UMR 7095 CNRS, Université Pierre and Marie Curie, 98bis boulevard Arago, Paris, 75014, France Observatoire de Haute-Provence, Université d'Aix-Marseille, CNRS, Saint Michel l' Observatoire, 04870, France European Southern Observatory (ESO), Alonso de Cordova 3107, Santiago de Chile, 19001, Chile INAF-Fundación Galileo Galilei, Rambla José Ana Fernandez Pérez 7, Bernã Baja, 38712, Spain INAF, IASF Milano, via Bassini 15, Milano, 20133, Italy |
Palabras clave: | Planets and satellites: Detection; Earth (planet); Earth atmosphere; Extrasolar planets; Photometry; Planets; Satellites; Stars; Dwarf stars; Exoplanet; Follow up; H2 atmosphere; High-precision; Hydrogen atmosphere; Joint analysis; Planets and satellites: detections; Orbits |
Año: | 2017 |
Volumen: | 604 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628932 |
Título revista: | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
Título revista abreviado: | Astron. Astrophys. |
ISSN: | 00046361 |
CODEN: | AAEJA |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00046361_v604_n_p_Osborn |