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标题：Evidence of a Sub-Saturn around EPIC 211945201
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作者：Abhijit Chakraborty ; Arpita Roy ; Rishikesh Sharma 等
期刊名称：The Astronomical journal
印刷版ISSN：0004-6256
电子版ISSN：1538-3881
出版年度：2018
卷号：156
期号：1
页码：1-9
DOI：10.3847/1538-3881/aac436
语种：English
出版社：American Institute of Physics
摘要：We report here strong evidence for a sub-Saturn around EPIC211945201 and confirm its planetary nature. EPIC211945201b was found to be a planetary candidate from K2 photometry in Campaigns 5 and 16, transiting a bright star (Vmag = 10.15, G0 spectral type) in a 19.492 day orbit. However, the photometric data combined with false positive probability calculations using VESPA was not sufficient to confirm the planetary scenario. Here, we present high-resolution spectroscopic follow up of the target using the PARAS spectrograph (19 radial velocity observations) over a time baseline of 420 days. We conclusively rule out the possibility of an eclipsing binary system and confirm the 2σ detection of a sub-Saturn planet. The confirmed planet has a radius of 6.12±0.1R⊕, and a mass of 27 12.6 MÅ 14 . We also place an upper limit on the mass (within the 3σ confidence interval) at 42M⊕above the nominal value. This results in the Saturn-like density of -0.65+ g cm- 0.30 0.34 3. Based on the mass and radius, we provide a preliminary model-dependent estimate that the heavy element content is 60%–70% of the total mass. This detection is important as it adds to a sparse catalog of confirmed exoplanets with masses between 10 and 70M⊕ and radii between 4 and 8 R⊕, whose masses and radii are measured to a precision of 50% or better (only 23 including this work).
关键词：planetary systems;stars: individual (EPIC 211945201);techniques: photometric;techniques: radial velocities