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| DOI | 10.1088/0004-637X/813/2/111 | ||||
| Año | 2015 | ||||
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We report the discovery by the HATSouth network of HATS-7b, a transiting Super-Neptune with a mass of 0.120 +/- 0.012 M-J, a radius of 0.563(-0.034)(+0.046) R-J, and an orbital period of 3.1853 days. The host star is a moderately bright (V = 13.340 +/- 0.010 mag, K-S = 10.976 +/- 0.026 mag) K dwarf star with a mass of 0.849 +/- 0.027 M-circle dot, a radius of 0.815(-0.035)(+0.049) R-circle dot, and a metallicity of [Fe/H]= +0.250 +/- 0.080. The star is photometrically quiet to within the precision of the HATSouth measurements, has low RV jitter, and shows no evidence for chromospheric activity in its spectrum. HATS-7b is the second smallest radius planet discovered by a wide-field ground-based transit survey, and one of only a handful of Neptune-size planets with mass and radius determined to 10% precision. Theoretical modeling of HATS-7b yields a hydrogen-helium fraction of 18 +/- 4% (rock-iron core and H-2-He envelope), or 9 +/- 4% (ice core and H-2-He envelope), i.e., it has a composition broadly similar to that of Uranus and Neptune, and very different from that of Saturn, which has 75% of its mass in H-2-He. Based on a sample of transiting exoplanets with accurately (<20%) determined parameters, we establish approximate power-law relations for the envelopes of the mass-density distribution of exoplanets. HATS-7b, which, together with the recently discovered HATS-8b, is one of the first two transiting super-Neptunes discovered in the Southern sky, is a prime target for additional follow-up observations with Southern hemisphere facilities to characterize the atmospheres of Super-Neptunes (which we define as objects with mass greater than that of Neptune, and smaller than halfway between that of Neptune and Saturn, i.e., 0.054M(J) < M-p < 0.18M(J)).
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Bakos, Gaspar | Hombre |
Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Princeton University - Estados Unidos |
| 2 | Penev, Kaloyan | Hombre |
Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Princeton University - Estados Unidos |
| 3 | Bayliss, Dan | Hombre |
Australian Natl Univ - Australia
Univ Geneva - Suiza Australian National University - Australia Université de Genève - Suiza The Australian National University - Australia |
| 4 | Hartman, Joel D. | Hombre |
Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Princeton University - Estados Unidos |
| 5 | Zhou, George | Hombre |
Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Australian Natl Univ - Australia Princeton University - Estados Unidos Australian National University - Australia The Australian National University - Australia |
| 6 | BRAHM-SCOTT, RAFAEL ANDRES | Hombre |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Instituto Milenio de Astrofísica - Chile |
| 7 | Mancin, L. | Hombre |
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania |
| 8 | de Val-Borro, M. | Hombre |
Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Princeton University - Estados Unidos |
| 9 | Bhatti, Waqas | - |
Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Princeton University - Estados Unidos |
| 10 | JORDAN-COLZANI, ANDRES CRISTOBAL | Hombre |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Instituto Milenio de Astrofísica - Chile Centro de Excelencia en Astrofísica y Tecnologías Afines - Chile |
| 11 | Rabus, M. | - |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania |
| 12 | Espinoza, Nestor | Hombre |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Instituto Milenio de Astrofísica - Chile |
| 13 | Csubry, Z. | - |
Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
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| 14 | Howard, Andrew W. | Hombre |
Univ Hawaii Manoa - Estados Unidos
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Estados Unidos University Hawaii Institute for Astronomy - Estados Unidos |
| 15 | Fulton, Benjamin | Hombre |
Univ Hawaii Manoa - Estados Unidos
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Estados Unidos University Hawaii Institute for Astronomy - Estados Unidos |
| 16 | Buchhave, L. A. | Hombre |
Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
Univ Copenhagen - Dinamarca Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos Københavns Universitet - Dinamarca Statens Naturhistoriske Museum - Dinamarca |
| 17 | Ciceri, S. | - |
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
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| 18 | Henning, Thomas | Hombre |
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania |
| 19 | Schmidt, Brian | Hombre |
Australian Natl Univ - Australia
Australian National University - Australia The Australian National University - Australia |
| 20 | Isaacson, Howard | Hombre |
UNIV CALIF BERKELEY - Estados Unidos
University of California, Berkeley - Estados Unidos |
| 21 | Noyes, R. W. | - |
Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
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| 22 | Marcy, Geoff | Hombre |
UNIV CALIF BERKELEY - Estados Unidos
University of California, Berkeley - Estados Unidos |
| 23 | Suc, V. | - |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
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| 24 | Howe, Alex R. | Hombre |
Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Princeton University - Estados Unidos |
| 25 | Burrows, Adam S. | Hombre |
Princeton Univ - Estados Unidos
Princeton University - Estados Unidos |
| 26 | Lazar, J. | - |
Hungarian Astron Assoc - Hungría
Magyar Csillagászati Egyesület - Hungría |
| 27 | Papp, I. | - |
Hungarian Astron Assoc - Hungría
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| 28 | Sari, P. | - |
Hungarian Astron Assoc - Hungría
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| 28 | Rabus, M. | - |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania |
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| FONDECYT |
| CONICYT-PCHA/Doctorado Nacional |
| National Science Foundation |
| NASA |
| Robert Martin Ayers Sciences Fund |
| NSF MRI |
| ARC |
| BASAL CATA |
| "Millennium Institute of Astrophysics (MAS)" of the Millenium Science Initiative, Chilean Ministry of Economy |
| NSF/AST |
| Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
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| Development of the HATSouth project was funded by NSF MRI grant NSF/AST-0723074, operations have been supported by NASA grants NNX09AB29G and NNX12AH91H, and follow-up observations received partial support from grant NSF/AST-1108686. A.J. acknowledges support from FONDECYT project 1130857, BASAL CATA PFB-06, and project IC120009 "Millennium Institute of Astrophysics (MAS)" of the Millenium Science Initiative, Chilean Ministry of Economy. R.B. and N.E. are supported by CONICYT-PCHA/Doctorado Nacional. R.B. and N.E. acknowledge additional support from project IC120009 "Millenium Institute of Astrophysics (MAS)" of the Millennium Science Initiative, Chilean Ministry of Economy. V.S. acknowledges support form BASAL CATA PFB-06. This work is based on observations made with ESO Telescopes at the La Silla Observatory. This paper also uses observations obtained with facilities of the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope. Work at the Australian National University is supported by ARC Laureate Fellowship Grant FL0992131. We acknowledge the use of the AAVSO Photometric All-Sky Survey (APASS), funded by the Robert Martin Ayers Sciences Fund, and the SIMBAD database, operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France. Operations at the MPG 2.2 m Telescope are jointly performed by the Max Planck Gesellschaft and the European Southern Observatory. The imaging system GROND has been built by the high-energy group of MPE in collaboration with the LSW Tautenburg and ESO. The authors wish to recognize and acknowledge the very significant cultural role and reverence that the summit of Mauna Kea has always had within the indigenous Hawaiian community. We are most fortunate to have the opportunity to conduct observations from this mountain. G. A. B. wishes to thank the warm hospitality of Adele and Joachim Cranz at the farm Isabis, supporting the operations and service missions of HATSouth. |