Photometry and radial velocities of K2-131

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We report the discovery of a new ultra-short-period planet and summarize the properties of all such planets for which the mass and radius have been measured. The new planet, K2-131b, was discovered in K2 Campaign 10. It has a radius of 1.81_-0.12_^+0.16^ R_{Earth} and orbits a G dwarf with a period of 8.9 hr. Radial velocities obtained with Magellan/PFS and TNG/HARPS-N show evidence for stellar activity along with orbital motion. We determined the planetary mass using two different methods: (1) the "floating chunk offset" method, based only on changes in velocity observed on the same night; and (2) a Gaussian process regression based on both the radial velocity and photometric time series. The results are consistent and lead to a mass measurement of 6.5+/-1.6 M{Earth} and a mean density of 6.0-2.7_^+3.0^ g/cm^3^.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.51540226
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Provenance
Creator Dai F.; Winn J.N.; Gandolfi D.; Wang S.X.; Teske J.K.; Burt J.; Albrecht S.,Barragan O.; Cochran W.D.; Endl M.; Fridlund M.; Hatzes A.P.; Hirano T.,Hirsch L.A.; Johnson M.C.; Bo Justesen A.; Livingston J.; Persson C.M.,Prieto-Arranz J.; Vanderburg A.; Alonso R.; Antoniciello G.; Arriagada P.,Butler R.P.; Cabrera J.; Crane J.D.; Cusano F.; Csizmadia S.; Deeg H.,Dieterich S.B.; Eigmuller P.; Erikson A.; Everett M.E.; Fukui A.; Grziwa S.,Guenther E.W.; Henry G.W.; Howell S.B.; Johnson J.A.; Korth J.; Kuzuhara M.,Narita N.; Nespral D.; Nowak G.; Palle E.; Patzold M.; Rauer H.,Rodriguez P.M.; Shectman S.A.; Smith A.M.S.; Thompson I.B.; Van Eylen V.,Williamson M.W.; Wittenmyer R.A.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2018
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Exoplanet Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy