TOI-1710 HARPS-N radial velocity curve

The obliquity between a planet's orbital axis and its host star's spin axis provides crucial insights into planetary formation and migration. Planets with scaled semi-major axes (a/R) large enough to be unaffected by tidal alterations (tidally detached), offer a unique opportunity to study the original obliquity in which the system formed. We therefore observed TOI-1710 b (a/R~36) in-transit using HARPS-N + GIANO-B, collecting high-precision radial velocities to measure the Rossiter-McLaughlin (RM) effect. Spectral analysis of the H{alpha} and HeI triple lines was also pursued to evaluate atmospheric photoevaporation. Using our knowledge of the star rotation period (21.5+/-0.2d), we estimated a true obliquity of psi=149^+11^_-10_deg, which indicates a retrograde motion and places TOI-1710 b among the most misaligned systems -- and the only one known orbiting a cool star in retrograde motion. The strong misalignment favours a high-eccentricity migration (HEM) origin for this low-density super-Neptune planet in the savanna region, challenging previous findings that claimed a minor role of HEM in this period-radius(-density) domain. Moreover, the strong misalignment and lack of a detected close stellar companion suggests a purely planetary post-migration misalignment, likely due to planet-planet scattering followed by planet-planet Kozai-Lidov oscillations and tidal circularisation.

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Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/709/L15
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Provenance
Creator Mantovan G.; Malavolta L.; Lanza A.F.; Marzari F.; Naponiello L.; Biazzo K.,Cosentino R.; D'Arpa M.C.; Desidera S.; Guilluy G.; Nardiello D.,Sozzetti A.; Vissapragada S.; Aloisi R.; Benatti S.; Borsato L.; Claudi R.,Jenkins S.; Nascimbeni V.; Piotto G.; Zingales T.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2026
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Exoplanet Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy