Radial velocities of Kepler-34b & Kepler-35b

Most Sun-like stars in the Galaxy reside in gravitationally bound pairs of stars (binaries). Although long anticipated the existence of a 'circumbinary planet' orbiting such a pair of normal stars was not definitively established until the discovery of the planet transiting (that is, passing in front of) Kepler-16. Questions remained, however, about the prevalence of circumbinary planets and their range of orbital and physical properties. Here we report two additional transiting circumbinary planets: Kepler-34(AB)b and Kepler-35(AB)b, referred to here as Kepler-34b and Kepler-35b, respectively. Each is a low-density gas-giant planet on an orbit closely aligned with that of its parent stars. Kepler-34b orbits two Sun-like stars every 289 days, whereas Kepler-35b orbits a pair of smaller stars (89% and 81% of the Sun's mass) every 131 days. The planets experience large multi-periodic variations in incident stellar radiation arising from the orbital motion of the stars. The observed rate of circumbinary planets in our sample implies that more than ~1% of close binary stars have giant planets in nearly coplanar orbits, yielding a Galactic population of at least several million.

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Creator Welsh W.F.; Orosz J.A.; Carter J.A.; Fabrycky D.C.; Ford E.B.,Lissauer J.J.; Prsa A.; Quinn S.; Ragozzine D.; Short D.R.; Torres G.,Winn J.N.; Doyle L.R.; Barclay T.; Batalha N.; Bloemen S.; Brugamyer E.,Buchhave L.A.; Caldwell C.; Caldwell D.A.; Christiansen J.L.; Ciardi D.R.,Cochran W.D.; Endl M.; Fortney J.J.; Gautier III T.N.; Gilliland R.L.,Haas M.R.; Hall J.R.; Holman M.J.; Howard A.W.; Howell S.B.; Isaacson H.,Jenkins J.M.; Klaus T.C.; Latham D.W.; Li J.; Marcy G.W.; Mazeh T.,Quintana E.V.; Robertson P.; Shporer A.; Steffen J.A.; Windmiller G.,Koch D.G.; Borucki W.J.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2012
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Exoplanet Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Solar System Astronomy; Stellar Astronomy