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Two Massive Jupiters in eccentric orbits from the TESS Full-frame images
Ikwut Ukwa, Mma
Rodriguez, Joseph
Quinn, Samuel
Zhou, George
Vanderburg, Andrew
Ali, Asma
Bunten, Katya
Gaudi, Scott
Latham, David
Howell, Steve
Huang, Chelsea
Bieryla, Allyson
Collins, Karen
Carmichael, Theron
Eastman, Jason
Collins, Kevin
Tan, Thiam
Schwarz, Richard
Myers, Gordon
Stockdale, Chris
Kielkopf, John
Radford, Don
Oelkers, Ryan
Jenkins, Jon
Ricker, George
Seager, Sara
Vanderspek, Roland
Winn, Joshua
Burt, Jennifer
Butler, R.
Calkins, Michael
Crane, Jeffrey
Gnilka, Crystal
Esquerdo, Gilbert
Fong, William
Kreidberg, Laura
Mink, Jessica
Rodriguez, David
Schlieder, Joshua
Shectman, Stephen
Shporer, Avi
Teske, Johanna
Ting, Eric
Villaseñor, Jesus
Yahalomi, Daniel
The Astronomical Journal
2022
We report the discovery of two short-period massive giant planets from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Both systems, TOI-558 (TIC 207110080) and TOI-559 (TIC 209459275), were identified from the 30 minute cadence full-frame images and confirmed using ground-based photometric and spectroscopic follow-up observations from TESS's follow-up observing program working group. We find that TOI-558 b, which transits an F-dwarf (M* = ${1.349}_{-0.065}^{+0.064}$ M⊙, R* = ${1.496}_{-0.040}^{+0.042}$ R⊙, Teff = ${6466}_{-93}^{+95}$ K, age ${1.79}_{-0.73}^{+0.91}$ Gyr) with an orbital period of 14.574 days, has a mass of 3.61 ± 0.15 MJ, a radius of ${1.086}_{-0.038}^{+0.041}$ RJ, and an eccentric (e = ${0.300}_{-0.020}^{+0.022}$) orbit. TOI-559 b transits a G dwarf (M* = 1.026 ± 0.057 M⊙, R* = ${1.233}_{-0.026}^{+0.028}$ R⊙, Teff = ${5925}_{-76}^{+85}$ K, age ${6.8}_{-2.0}^{+2.5}$ Gyr) in an eccentric (e = 0.151 ± 0.011) 6.984 days orbit with a mass of ${6.01}_{-0.23}^{+0.24}$ MJ and a radius of ${1.091}_{-0.025}^{+0.028}$ RJ. Our spectroscopic follow up also reveals a long-term radial velocity trend for TOI-559, indicating a long-period companion. The statistically significant orbital eccentricity measured for each system suggests that these planets migrated to their current location through dynamical interactions. Interestingly, both planets are also massive (>3 MJ), adding to the population of massive giant planets identified by TESS. Prompted by these new detections of high-mass planets, we analyzed the known mass distribution of hot and warm Jupiters but find no significant evidence for multiple populations. TESS should provide a near magnitude-limited sample of transiting hot Jupiters, allowing for future detailed population studies.
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Hot Jupiters
Exoplanets
Extrasolar gaseous planets
Exoplanet astronomy
Transit photometry
Photometry
Exoplanet detection methods
Direct imaging
Ciencias físicas