Abstract
Transiting exoplanets orbiting young nearby stars are ideal laboratories for testing theories of planet formation and evolution. However, to date only a handful of stars with age <1 Gyr have been found to host transiting exoplanets. Here we present the discovery and validation of a sub-Neptune around HD 18599, a young (300 Myr), nearby (d = 40 pc) K star. We validate the transiting planet candidate as a bona fide planet using data from the TESS , Spitzer , and Gaia missions, ground-based photometry from IRSF , LCO , PEST , and NGTS , speckle imaging from Gemini, and spectroscopy from CHIRON , NRES , FEROS , and MINERVA-Australis . The planet has an orbital period of 4.13 d, and a radius of 2.7 R⊕. The RV data yields a 3-σ mass upper limit of 30.5 M⊕ which is explained by either a massive companion or the large observed jitter typical for a young star. The brightness of the host star (V∼9 mag) makes it conducive to detailed characterization via Doppler mass measurement which will provide a rare view into the interior structure of young planets.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 750-766 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Volume | 522 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1 2023 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Space and Planetary Science
Keywords
- planets and satellites: detection
- stars: individual: TOI-179
- techniques: radial velocities
- techniques: spectroscopic