Bibcode
Niraula, P.l; Redfield, Seth; Dai, Fei; Barragán, Oscar; Gandolfi, Davide; Cauley, P. Wilson; Hirano, Teruyuki; Korth, Judith; Smith, Alexis M. S.; Prieto-Arranz, J.; Grziwa, Sascha; Fridlund, Malcolm; Persson, Carina M.; Justesen, Anders Bo; Winn, Joshua N.; Albrecht, Simon; Cochran, William D.; Csizmadia, Szilard; Duvvuri, Girish M.; Endl, Michael; Hatzes, Artie P.; Livingston, John H.; Narita, Norio; Nespral, D.; Nowak, G.; Pätzold, Martin; Palle, E.; Van Eylen, Vincent
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 154, Issue 6, article id. 266, 8 pp. (2017).
Fecha de publicación:
12
2017
Número de citas
45
Número de citas referidas
44
Descripción
We report on the discovery of three transiting planets around GJ 9827.
The planets have radii of 1.75 ± 0.18, 1.36 ± 0.14, and
{2.11}-0.21+0.22 R ⊕, and periods
of 1.20896, 3.6480, and 6.2014 days, respectively. The detection was
made in Campaign 12 observations as part of our K2 survey of nearby
stars. GJ 9827 is a V = 10.39 mag K6V star at a distance of 30.3
± 1.6 parsecs and the nearest star to be found hosting planets by
Kepler and K2. The radial velocity follow-up, high-resolution imaging,
and detection of multiple transiting objects near commensurability
drastically reduce the false positive probability. The orbital periods
of GJ 9827 b, c, and d planets are very close to the 1:3:5 mean motion
resonance. Our preliminary analysis shows that GJ 9827 planets are
excellent candidates for atmospheric observations. Besides, the
planetary radii span both sides of the rocky and gaseous divide, hence
the system will be an asset in expanding our understanding of the
threshold.
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