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TESS Investigation—Demographics of Young Exoplanets (TI-DYE). II. A Second Giant Planet in the 17 Myr System HIP 67522

  • Madyson G. Barber
  • , Pa Chia Thao
  • , Andrew W. Mann
  • , Andrew Vanderburg
  • , Mayuko Mori
  • , John H. Livingston
  • , Akihiko Fukui
  • , Norio Narita
  • , Adam L. Kraus
  • , Benjamin M. Tofflemire
  • , Elisabeth R. Newton
  • , Joshua N. Winn
  • , Jon M. Jenkins
  • , Sara Seager
  • , Karen A. Collins
  • , Joseph D. Twicken

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Abstract

The youngest (<50 Myr) planets are vital to understand planet formation and early evolution. The 17 Myr system HIP 67522 is already known to host a giant (≃10R ) planet on a tight orbit. In their discovery paper, Rizzuto et al. reported a tentative single-transit detection of an additional planet in the system using TESS. Here, we report the discovery of HIP 67522c, a 7.9 R planet that matches with that single-transit event. We confirm the signal with ground-based multiwavelength photometry from Sinistro and MuSCAT4. At a period of 14.33 days, planet c is close to a 2:1 mean-motion resonance with b (6.96 days or 2.06:1). The light curve shows distortions during many of the transits, which are consistent with spot-crossing events and/or flares. Fewer stellar activity events are seen in the transits of planet b, suggesting that planet c is crossing a more active latitude. Such distortions, combined with systematics in the TESS light-curve extraction, likely explain why planet c was previously missed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numberL30
JournalAstrophysical Journal Letters
Volume973
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2024

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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