TOI-1199 b and TOI-1273 b: Two new transiting hot Saturns detected and characterized with SOPHIE and TESS

  • J. Serrano Bell
  • , R. F. Díaz
  • , G. Hébrard
  • , E. Martioli
  • , N. Heidari
  • , S. Sousa
  • , I. Boisse
  • , J. M. Almenara
  • , J. Alonso-Santiago
  • , S. C.C. Barros
  • , P. Benni
  • , A. Bieryla
  • , X. Bonfils
  • , D. A. Caldwell
  • , D. R. Ciardi
  • , K. A. Collins
  • , P. Cortés-Zuleta
  • , S. Dalal
  • , J. P. De León
  • , M. Deleuil
  • X. Delfosse, O. D.S. Demangeon, E. Esparza-Borges, T. Forveille, A. Frasca, A. Fukui, J. Gregorio, N. M. Guerrero, S. B. Howell, S. Hoyer, K. Ikuta, J. M. Jenkins, F. Kiefer, D. W. Latham, G. Marino, E. J. Michaels, C. Moutou, F. Murgas, N. Narita, E. Palle, H. Parviainen, N. C. Santos, K. G. Stassun, J. N. Winn

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Abstract

We report the characterization of two planet candidates detected by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), TOI-1199 b and TOI-1273 b, with periods of 3.7 and 4.6 days, respectively. Follow-up observations for both targets, which include several ground-based light curves, confirmed the transit events. High-precision radial velocities from the SOPHIE spectrograph revealed signals at the expected frequencies and phases of the transiting candidates and allowed mass determinations with a precision of 8.4% and 6.7% for TOI-1199 b and TOI-1273 b, respectively. The planetary and orbital parameters were derived from a joint analysis of the radial velocities and photometric data. We find that the planets have masses of 0.239 ± 0.020 MJ and 0.222 ± 0.015 MJ and radii of 0.938 ± 0.025 RJ and 0.99 ± 0.22 RJ, respectively. The grazing transit of TOI-1273 b translates to a larger uncertainty in its radius, and hence also in its bulk density, compared to TOI-1199 b. The inferred bulk densities of 0.358 ± 0.041 g cm-3 and 0.28 ± 0.11 g cm-3 are among the lowest known for exoplanets in this mass range, which, considering the brightness of the host stars (V≈11 mag), render them particularly amenable to atmospheric characterization via the transit spectroscopy technique. The better constraints on the parameters of TOI-1199 b provide a transmission spectroscopy metric of 134 ± 17, making it the better suited of the two planets for atmospheric studies.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numberA6
JournalAstronomy and Astrophysics
Volume684
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2024

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

Keywords

  • planetary systems
  • planets and satellites: detection
  • planets and satellites: gaseous planets
  • techniques: photometric
  • techniques: radial velocities

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