A sub-Earth-mass planet orbiting Barnard's star: No evidence of transits in TESS photometry

Bibcode
2025A&A...693L...3S
DOI
10.1051/0004-6361/202452450
Stefanov, A. K.; González Hernández, J. I.; Suárez Mascareño, A.; Nari, N.; Rebolo, R.; Damasso, M.; Castro-González, A.; Zapatero Osorio, M. -R.; Allende Prieto, C.; Silva, A. M.; Martins, C. J. A. P.
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Astronomy and Astrophysics

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2025
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Number of authors
11
IAC number of authors
6
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0
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0
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A sub-Earth-mass planet orbiting Barnard's star, designated as Barnard b, has recently been announced. At almost the same time, the first photometric data of Barnard's star by the Transit Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was released in Sector 80. We explore the possibility of emergent transits of Barnard b in TESS photometry. The detrended 2 min light curve appears to be flat, with a flux root mean square of 0.411 parts per thousand. Attempts of blind and informed transit curve model inference suggest no evidence of transiting Barnard b, or any other body. This provides a 3σ upper bound of 87.9 degrees for the orbital inclination of Barnard b.
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