TESS-Keck survey.V. Radial velocities of HD63935

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We present the discovery of two nearly identically sized sub-Neptune transiting planets orbiting HD63935, a bright (V=8.6mag), Sun-like (Teff=5560K) star at 49pc. TESS identified the first planet, HD63935b (TOI-509.01), in Sectors 7 and 34. We identified the second signal (HD63935c) in Keck High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer and Lick Automated Planet Finder radial velocity data as part of our follow-up campaign. It was subsequently confirmed with TESS photometry in Sector 34 as TOI-509.02. Our analysis of the photometric and radial velocity data yielded a robust detection of both planets with periods of 9.0600{+/-}0.007 and 21.40{+/-}0.0019days, radii of 2.99{+/-}0.14 and 2.90{+/-}0.13R{Earth}, and masses of 10.8{+/-}1.8 and 11.1{+/-}2.4M{Earth}. We calculated densities for planets b and c consistent with a few percent of the planet mass in hydrogen/helium envelopes. We also describe our survey's efforts to choose the best targets for James Webb Space Telescope atmospheric follow-up. These efforts suggest that HD 63935 b has the most clearly visible atmosphere of its class. It is the best target for transmission spectroscopy (ranked by the transmission spectroscopy metric, a proxy for atmospheric observability) in the so far uncharacterized parameter space comprising sub-Neptune-sized (2.6R{Earth}<Rp<4R{Earth}), moderately irradiated (100F{Earth}<Fp<1000F{Earth}) planets around G stars. Planet c is also a viable target for transmission spectroscopy, and given the indistinguishable masses and radii of the two planets, the system serves as a natural laboratory for examining the processes that shape the evolution of sub-Neptune planets.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.51620215
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Creator Scarsdale N.; Murphy J.M.A.; Batalha N.M.; Crossfield I.J.M.,Dressing C.D.; Fulton B.; Howard A.W.; Huber D.; Isaacson H.; Kane S.R.,Petigura E.A.; Robertson P.; Roy A.; Weiss L.M.; Beard C.; Behmard A.,Chontos A.; Christiansen J.L.; Ciardi D.R.; Claytor Z.R.; Collins K.A.,Collins K.I.; Dai F.; Dalba P.A.; Dragomir D.; Fetherolf T.; Fukui A.,Giacalone S.; Gonzales E.J.; Hill M.L.; Hirsch L.A.; Jensen E.L.N.,Kosiarek M.R.; De Leon J.P.; Lubin J.; Lund M.B.; Luque R.; Mayo A.W.,Mocnik T.; Mori M.; Narita N.; Nowak G.; Palle E.; Rabus M.,Rosenthal L.J.; Rubenzahl R.A.; Schlieder J.E.; Shporer A.; Stassun K.G.,Twicken J.; Wang G.; Yahalomi D.A.; Jenkins J.; Latham D.W.; Ricker G.R.,Seager S.; Vanderspek R.; Winn J.N.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2022
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Exoplanet Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy