Two super-Earths at the edge of the habitable zone of the nearby M dwarf TOI-2095
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2023

The main scientific goal of TESS is to find planets smaller than Neptune around stars that are bright enough to allow for further characterization studies. Given our current instrumentation and detection biases, M dwarfs are prime targets in the search for small planets that are in (or near) the habitable zone of their host star. In this work, we use photometric observations and CARMENES radial velocity (RV) measurements to validate a pair of transiting planet candidates found by TESS. The data were fitted simultaneously, using a Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) procedure and taking into account the stellar variability present in the photometric and spectroscopic time series. We confirm the planetary origin of the two transiting candidates orbiting around TOI-2095 (LSPM J1902+7525). The star is a nearby M dwarf (d = 41.90 ± 0.03 pc, Teff = 3759 ± 87 K, V = 12.6 mag), with a stellar mass and radius of M∗ = 0.44 ± 0.02 M· and R∗ = 0.44 ± 0.02 R·, respectively. The planetary system is composed of two transiting planets: TOI-2095b, with an orbital period of Pb = 17.66484 ± (7 A - 10- 5) days, and TOI-2095c, with Pc = 28.17232 ± (14 A - 10- 5) days. Both planets have similar sizes with Rb = 1.25 ± 0.07 R· and Rc = 1.33 ± 0.08 R· for planet b and planet c, respectively. Although we did not detect the induced RV variations of any planet with significance, our CARMENES data allow us to set stringent upper limits on the masses of these objects. We find Mb < 4.1 M· for the inner and Mc < 7.4 M· for the outer planet (95% confidence level). These two planets present equilibrium temperatures in the range of 300 350 K and are close to the inner edge of the habitable zone of their star.

Techniques: photometric

Techniques: radial velocities

Planets and satellites: detection

Författare

F. Murgas

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

Universidad de la Laguna

A. Castro-González

Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB)

Enric Palle

Universidad de la Laguna

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

Francisco J. Pozuelos

Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucía (IAA)

S. Millholland

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

O. Foo

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Judith Korth

Lunds universitet

E. Marfil

Universidad de la Laguna

Universität Hamburg

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

P. J. Amado

Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucía (IAA)

J. A. Caballero

Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB)

Jessie L. Christiansen

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

D. R. Ciardi

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Karen A. Collins

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

M. Di Sora

Campo Catino Astronomical Observatory

A. Fukui

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

University of Tokyo

Tianjun Gan

Tsinghua University

Erica J. Gonzales

University of California

T. Henning

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Enrique Herrero

Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)

G. Isopi

Campo Catino Astronomical Observatory

Jon M. Jenkins

NASA Ames Research Center

J. Lillo-Box

Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB)

N. Lodieu

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

Universidad de la Laguna

R. Luque

University of Chicago

F. Mallia

Campo Catino Astronomical Observatory

Juan Carlos Morales

Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)

Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (ICE) - CSIC

Giuseppe Morello

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

Chalmers, Rymd-, geo- och miljövetenskap, Astronomi och plasmafysik

Norio Narita

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

University of Tokyo

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

J. Orell-Miquel

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

Universidad de la Laguna

H. Parviainen

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

Universidad de la Laguna

M.A. Pérez-Torres

Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucía (IAA)

A. Quirrenbach

Universität Heidelberg

A. Reiners

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

I. Ribas

Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)

Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (ICE) - CSIC

B. S. Safonov

Moscow State University

S. Seager

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

R. Schwarz

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

A. Schweitzer

Universität Hamburg

M. Schlecker

University of Arizona

I. A. Strakhov

Moscow State University

S. Vanaverbeke

Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde (VVS)

KU Leuven

IRIS

Noriharu Watanabe

University of Tokyo

J. N. Winn

Princeton University

M. Zechmeister

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Astronomy and Astrophysics

0004-6361 (ISSN) 1432-0746 (eISSN)

Vol. 677 A182

Ämneskategorier

Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi

DOI

10.1051/0004-6361/202346692

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2023-11-02