Photometry and radial velocity of LTT 1445A

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LTT1445 is a hierarchical triple M-dwarf star system located at a distance of 6.86pc. The primary star LTT1445A (0.257M{sun}) is known to host the transiting planet LTT1445Ab with an orbital period of 5.36days, making it the second-closest known transiting exoplanet system, and the closest one for which the host is an M dwarf. Using Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite data, we present the discovery of a second planet in the LTT1445 system, with an orbital period of 3.12days. We combine radial-velocity measurements obtained from the five spectrographs, Echelle Spectrograph for Rocky Exoplanets and Stable Spectroscopic Observations, High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, High-Resolution Echelle Spectrometer, MAROON-X, and Planet Finder Spectrograph to establish that the new world also orbits LTT1445A. We determine the mass and radius of LTT1445Ab to be 2.87{+/-}0.25M{Earth} and 1.304_-0.060_^+0.067^R{Earth}, consistent with an Earth-like composition. For the newly discovered LTT 1445Ac, we measure a mass of 1.54_-0.19_^+0.20^M{Earth} and a minimum radius of 1.15R{Earth}, but we cannot determine the radius directly as the signal-to-noise ratio of our light curve permits both grazing and nongrazing configurations. Using MEarth photometry and ground-based spectroscopy, we establish that star C (0.161M{sun}) is likely the source of the 1.4day rotation period, and star B (0.215M{sun}) has a likely rotation period of 6.7days. We estimate a probable rotation period of 85days for LTT1445A. Thus, this triple M-dwarf system appears to be in a special evolutionary stage where the most massive M dwarf has spun down, the intermediate mass M dwarf is in the process of spinning down, while the least massive stellar component has not yet begun to spin down.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.51630168
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Creator Winters J.G.; Cloutier R.; Medina A.A.; Irwin J.M.; Charbonneau D.,Astudillo-Defru N.; Bonfils X.; Howard A.W.; Isaacson H.; Bean J.L.,Seifahrt A.; Teske J.K.; Eastman J.D.; Twicken J.D.; Collins K.A.,Jensen E.L.N.; Quinn S.N.; Payne M.J.; Kristiansen M.H.; Spencer A.,Vanderburg A.; Zechmeister M.; Weiss L.M.; Wang S.X.; Wang G.; Udry S.,Terentev I.A.; Sturmer J.; Stefansson G.; Shporer A.; Shectman S.,Sefako R.; Schwengeler H.M.; Schwarz R.P.; Scarsdale N.; Rubenzahl R.A.,Roy A.; Rosenthal L.J.; Robertson P.; Petigura E.A.; Pepe F.; Omohundro M.,Murphy J.M.A.; Murgas F.; Mocnik T.; Montet B.T.; Mennickent R.; Mayo A.W.,Massey B.; Lubin J.; Lovis C.; Lewin P.; Kasper D.; Kane S.R.; Jenkins J.M.,Huber D.; Horne K.; Hill M.L.; Gorrini P.; Giacalone S.; Fulton B.,Forveille T.; Figueira P.; Fetherolf T.; Dressing C.; Diaz R.F.,Delfosse X.; Dalba P.A.; Dai F.; Cortes C.C.; Crossfield I.J.M.; Crane J.D.,Conti D.M.; Collins K.I.; Chontos A.; Butler R.P.; Brown P.; Brady M.,Behmard A.; Beard C.; Batalha N.M.; Almenara J.-M.
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Publication Year 2022
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Exoplanet Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy