Bibcode
Shporer, A.; Zhou, George; Fulton, Benjamin J.; Vanderburg, Andrew; Espinoza, Nestor; Collins, Karen; Ciardi, David; Bayliss, Daniel; Armstrong, James D.; Bento, Joao; Bouchy, Francois; Cochran, William D.; Collier Cameron, Andrew; Colón, Knicole; Crossfield, Ian; Dragomir, Diana; Howard, Andrew W.; Howell, Steve B.; Isaacson, Howard; Kielkopf, John F.; Murgas, F.; Sefako, Ramotholo; Sinukoff, Evan; Siverd, Robert; Udry, Stephane
Bibliographical reference
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 154, Issue 5, article id. 188, 11 pp. (2017).
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2017
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Description
We report the first results from a search for transiting warm Jupiter
exoplanets—gas giant planets receiving stellar irradiation below
about 108 erg s‑1 cm‑2,
equivalent to orbital periods beyond about 10 days around Sun-like
stars. We have discovered two transiting warm Jupiter exoplanets
initially identified as transiting candidates in K2 photometry. K2-114b
has a mass of {1.85}-0.22+0.23
{M}{{J}}, a radius of
{0.942}-0.020+0.032 {R}{{J}}, and an
orbital period of 11.4 days. K2-115b has a mass of
{0.84}-0.20+0.18 {M}{{J}}, a radius of
{1.115}-0.061+0.057 {R}{{J}}, and an
orbital period of 20.3 days. Both planets are among the longest-period
transiting gas giant planets with a measured mass, and they are orbiting
relatively old host stars. Both planets are not inflated, as their radii
are consistent with theoretical expectations. Their position in the
planet radius–stellar irradiation diagram is consistent with the
scenario where the radius–irradiation correlation levels off below
about 108 erg s‑1 cm‑2,
suggesting that for warm Jupiters stellar irradiation does not play a
significant role in determining the planet radius. We also report our
identification of another K2 transiting warm Jupiter candidate, EPIC
212504617, as a false positive.
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