TOI-1259Ab - A gas giant planet with 2.7 per cent deep transits and a bound white dwarf companion

David V. Martin, Kareem El-Badry, Vedad Kunovac Hodžić, Amaury H.M.J. Triaud, Ruth Angus, Jessica Birky, Daniel Foreman-Mackey, Christina Hedges, Benjamin T. Montet, Simon J. Murphy, Alexandre Santerne, Keivan G. Stassun, Alexander P. Stephan, Ji Wang, Paul Benni, Vadim Krushinsky, Nikita Chazov, Nikolay Mishevskiy, Carl Ziegler, Abderahmane SoubkiouZouhair Benkhaldoun, Isabelle Boisse, Matthew Battley, Nicola J. Miller, Douglas A. Caldwell, Karen Collins, Christopher E. Henze, Natalia M. Guerrero, Jon M. Jenkins, David W. Latham, Adam Levine, Scott McDermott, Susan E. Mullally, George Ricker, Sara Seager, Avi Shporer, Andrew Vanderburg, Roland Vanderspek, Joshua N. Winn

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Abstract

We present TOI-1259Ab, a 1.0RJup gas giant planet transiting a 0.71R⊙ K-dwarf on a 3.48 d orbit. The system also contains a bound white dwarf companion TOI-1259B with a projected distance of ∼1600 au from the planet host. Transits are observed in nine TESS sectors and are 2.7 per cent deep - among the deepest known - making TOI-1259Ab a promising target for atmospheric characterization. Our follow-up radial velocity measurements indicate a variability of semiamplitude $K=71\, \rm m\, s^{-1}$, implying a planet mass of 0.44MJup. By fitting the spectral energy distribution of the white dwarf, we derive a total age of $4.08^{+1.21}_{-0.53}$ Gyr for the system. The K dwarf's light curve reveals rotational variability with a period of 28 d, which implies a gyrochronology age broadly consistent with the white dwarf's total age.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4132-4148
Number of pages17
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume507
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1 2021

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

Keywords

  • binaries: eclipsing
  • planets and satellites: formation
  • stars: individual (TOI-1259)
  • stars: low-mass
  • stars: rotation

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