HATS-7b: A Hot Super Neptune Transiting a Quiet K Dwarf Star
We report the discovery by the HATSouth network of HATS-7b, a transiting Super-Neptune with a mass of 0.120 ± 0.012 MJ, a radius of 0.563-0.034 +0.046 RJ, and an orbital period of 3.1853 days. The host star is a moderately bright (V = 13.340 ± 0.010 mag, KS = 10.976 ± 0.026 mag) K dwarf star with a...
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ftusqland:oai:research.usq.edu.au:q6x27 2023-10-29T02:37:05+01:00 HATS-7b: A Hot Super Neptune Transiting a Quiet K Dwarf Star Bakos, G. A. Penev, K. Bayliss, D. Hartman, J. D. Zhou, G. Brahm, R. Mancini, L. de Val-Borro, M. Bhatti, W. Jordan, A. Rabus, M. Espinoza, N. Csubry, Z. Howard, A. W. Fulton, B. J. Buchhave, L. A. Ciceri, S. Henning, T. Schmidt, B. Isaacson, H. Noyes, R. W. Marcy, G. W. Suc, V. Howe, A. R. Burrows, A. S. Lazar, J. Papp, I. Sari, P. 2015 application/pdf https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q6x27/hats-7b-a-hot-super-neptune-transiting-a-quiet-k-dwarf-star https://research.usq.edu.au/download/4d74ad118ec3e73d07dbcfa2e090ed3431accbc258d93a5373539e9e540b02fc/859729/1507.01024.pdf https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/813/2/111 unknown IOP Publishing https://research.usq.edu.au/download/4d74ad118ec3e73d07dbcfa2e090ed3431accbc258d93a5373539e9e540b02fc/859729/1507.01024.pdf https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/813/2/111 Bakos, G. A., Penev, K., Bayliss, D., Hartman, J. D., Zhou, G., Brahm, R., Mancini, L., de Val-Borro, M., Bhatti, W., Jordan, A., Rabus, M., Espinoza, N., Csubry, Z., Howard, A. W., Fulton, B. J., Buchhave, L. A., Ciceri, S., Henning, T., Schmidt, B., ., Sari, P. 2015. "HATS-7b: A Hot Super Neptune Transiting a Quiet K Dwarf Star." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 813 (2), pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/813/2/111 stars: individual: HATS-7 techniques: photometric techniques: radial velocities techniques: spectroscopic Astrophysics - Earth Planetary Astrophysics article PeerReviewed 2015 ftusqland https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/813/2/111 2023-10-02T22:33:53Z We report the discovery by the HATSouth network of HATS-7b, a transiting Super-Neptune with a mass of 0.120 ± 0.012 MJ, a radius of 0.563-0.034 +0.046 RJ, and an orbital period of 3.1853 days. The host star is a moderately bright (V = 13.340 ± 0.010 mag, KS = 10.976 ± 0.026 mag) K dwarf star with a mass of 0.849 ± 0.027 M⊙, a radius of 0.815-0.035+0.049 R⊙, and a metallicity of [Fe H] = +0.250 ± 0.080. The star is photometrically quiet to within the precision of the HATSouth measurements, has low RV jitter, and shows no evidence for chromospheric activity in its spectrum. HATS-7b is the second smallest radius planet discovered by a wide-field ground-based transit survey, and one of only a handful of Neptune-size planets with mass and radius determined to 10% precision. Theoretical modeling of HATS-7b yields a hydrogen-helium fraction of 18 ± 4% (rock-iron core and H2-He envelope), or 9 ± 4% (ice core and H2-He envelope), i.e., it has a composition broadly similar to that of Uranus and Neptune, and very different from that of Saturn, which has 75% of its mass in H2-He. Based on a sample of transiting exoplanets with accurately (<20%) determined parameters, we establish approximate powerlaw relations for the envelopes of the mass-density distribution of exoplanets. HATS-7b, which, together with the recently discovered HATS-8b, is one of the first two transiting super-Neptunes discovered in the Southern sky, is a prime target for additional follow-up observations with Southern hemisphere facilities to characterize the atmospheres of Super-Neptunes (which we define as objects with mass greater than that of Neptune, and smaller than halfway between that of Neptune and Saturn, i.e., 0.054 MJ < Mp < 0.18 MJ). Article in Journal/Newspaper ice core University of Southern Queensland: USQ ePrints The Astrophysical Journal 813 2 111 |
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stars: individual: HATS-7 techniques: photometric techniques: radial velocities techniques: spectroscopic Astrophysics - Earth Planetary Astrophysics Bakos, G. A. Penev, K. Bayliss, D. Hartman, J. D. Zhou, G. Brahm, R. Mancini, L. de Val-Borro, M. Bhatti, W. Jordan, A. Rabus, M. Espinoza, N. Csubry, Z. Howard, A. W. Fulton, B. J. Buchhave, L. A. Ciceri, S. Henning, T. Schmidt, B. Isaacson, H. Noyes, R. W. Marcy, G. W. Suc, V. Howe, A. R. Burrows, A. S. Lazar, J. Papp, I. Sari, P. HATS-7b: A Hot Super Neptune Transiting a Quiet K Dwarf Star |
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We report the discovery by the HATSouth network of HATS-7b, a transiting Super-Neptune with a mass of 0.120 ± 0.012 MJ, a radius of 0.563-0.034 +0.046 RJ, and an orbital period of 3.1853 days. The host star is a moderately bright (V = 13.340 ± 0.010 mag, KS = 10.976 ± 0.026 mag) K dwarf star with a mass of 0.849 ± 0.027 M⊙, a radius of 0.815-0.035+0.049 R⊙, and a metallicity of [Fe H] = +0.250 ± 0.080. The star is photometrically quiet to within the precision of the HATSouth measurements, has low RV jitter, and shows no evidence for chromospheric activity in its spectrum. HATS-7b is the second smallest radius planet discovered by a wide-field ground-based transit survey, and one of only a handful of Neptune-size planets with mass and radius determined to 10% precision. Theoretical modeling of HATS-7b yields a hydrogen-helium fraction of 18 ± 4% (rock-iron core and H2-He envelope), or 9 ± 4% (ice core and H2-He envelope), i.e., it has a composition broadly similar to that of Uranus and Neptune, and very different from that of Saturn, which has 75% of its mass in H2-He. Based on a sample of transiting exoplanets with accurately (<20%) determined parameters, we establish approximate powerlaw relations for the envelopes of the mass-density distribution of exoplanets. HATS-7b, which, together with the recently discovered HATS-8b, is one of the first two transiting super-Neptunes discovered in the Southern sky, is a prime target for additional follow-up observations with Southern hemisphere facilities to characterize the atmospheres of Super-Neptunes (which we define as objects with mass greater than that of Neptune, and smaller than halfway between that of Neptune and Saturn, i.e., 0.054 MJ < Mp < 0.18 MJ). |
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Bakos, G. A. Penev, K. Bayliss, D. Hartman, J. D. Zhou, G. Brahm, R. Mancini, L. de Val-Borro, M. Bhatti, W. Jordan, A. Rabus, M. Espinoza, N. Csubry, Z. Howard, A. W. Fulton, B. J. Buchhave, L. A. Ciceri, S. Henning, T. Schmidt, B. Isaacson, H. Noyes, R. W. Marcy, G. W. Suc, V. Howe, A. R. Burrows, A. S. Lazar, J. Papp, I. Sari, P. |
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Bakos, G. A. Penev, K. Bayliss, D. Hartman, J. D. Zhou, G. Brahm, R. Mancini, L. de Val-Borro, M. Bhatti, W. Jordan, A. Rabus, M. Espinoza, N. Csubry, Z. Howard, A. W. Fulton, B. J. Buchhave, L. A. Ciceri, S. Henning, T. Schmidt, B. Isaacson, H. Noyes, R. W. Marcy, G. W. Suc, V. Howe, A. R. Burrows, A. S. Lazar, J. Papp, I. Sari, P. |
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HATS-7b: A Hot Super Neptune Transiting a Quiet K Dwarf Star |
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HATS-7b: A Hot Super Neptune Transiting a Quiet K Dwarf Star |
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HATS-7b: A Hot Super Neptune Transiting a Quiet K Dwarf Star |
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HATS-7b: A Hot Super Neptune Transiting a Quiet K Dwarf Star |
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HATS-7b: A Hot Super Neptune Transiting a Quiet K Dwarf Star |
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hats-7b: a hot super neptune transiting a quiet k dwarf star |
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https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q6x27/hats-7b-a-hot-super-neptune-transiting-a-quiet-k-dwarf-star https://research.usq.edu.au/download/4d74ad118ec3e73d07dbcfa2e090ed3431accbc258d93a5373539e9e540b02fc/859729/1507.01024.pdf https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/813/2/111 |
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https://research.usq.edu.au/download/4d74ad118ec3e73d07dbcfa2e090ed3431accbc258d93a5373539e9e540b02fc/859729/1507.01024.pdf https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/813/2/111 Bakos, G. A., Penev, K., Bayliss, D., Hartman, J. D., Zhou, G., Brahm, R., Mancini, L., de Val-Borro, M., Bhatti, W., Jordan, A., Rabus, M., Espinoza, N., Csubry, Z., Howard, A. W., Fulton, B. J., Buchhave, L. A., Ciceri, S., Henning, T., Schmidt, B., ., Sari, P. 2015. "HATS-7b: A Hot Super Neptune Transiting a Quiet K Dwarf Star." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 813 (2), pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/813/2/111 |
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