2021AJ....161..103D -
Astron. J., 161, 103-103 (2021/March-0)
Giant outer transiting exoplanet mass (GOT 'EM) survey. I. Confirmation of an eccentric, cool Jupiter with an interior Earth-sized planet orbiting Kepler-1514.
DALBA P.A., KANE S.R., ISAACSON H., GIACALONE S., HOWARD A.W., RODRIGUEZ J.E., VANDERBURG A., EASTMAN J.D., KRAUS A.L., DUPUY T.J., WEISS L.M. and SCHWIETERMAN E.W.
Abstract (from CDS):
Despite the severe bias of the transit method of exoplanet discovery toward short orbital periods, a modest sample of transiting exoplanets with orbital periods greater than 100 days is known. Long-term radial velocity (RV) surveys are pivotal to confirming these signals and generating a set of planetary masses and densities for planets receiving moderate to low irradiation from their host stars. Here we conduct RV observations of Kepler-1514 from the Keck I telescope using the High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer. From these data, we measure the mass of the statistically validated giant (1.108 ± 0.023 RJ) exoplanet Kepler-1514 b with a 218-day orbital period as 5.28 ± 0.22 MJ. The bulk density of this cool (∼390 K) giant planet is 4.82–0.25+0.26g cm–3, consistent with a core supported by electron degeneracy pressure. We also infer an orbital eccentricity of 0.401–0.014+0.013 from the RV and transit observations, which is consistent with planet-planet scattering and disk cavity migration models. The Kepler-1514 system contains an Earth-size, Kepler Object of Interest on a 10.5-day orbit that we statistically validate against false-positive scenarios, including those involving a neighboring star. The combination of the brightness (V = 11.8) of the host star and the long period, low irradiation, and high density of Kepler-1514 b places this system among a rare group of known exoplanetary systems and as one that is amenable to continued study.
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Radial velocity - Exoplanets - Direct imaging - Extrasolar gas giants - Transit photometry
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