Abstract
Abstract
We report the discovery and characterization of three giant exoplanets orbiting solar-analog stars, detected by the TESS space mission and confirmed through ground-based photometry and radial velocity measurements taken at La Silla observatory with FEROS. TOI-2373 b is a warm Jupiter orbiting its host star every ∼13.3 days, and is one of the most massive known exoplanet with a precisely determined mass and radius around a star similar to the Sun, with an estimated mass of m
p
=
9.3
−
0.2
+
0.2
M
jup
and a radius of r
p
=
0.93
−
0.2
+
0.2
R
jup
. With a mean density of
ρ
=
14.4
−
1.0
+
0.9
g
cm
−
3
, TOI-2373 b is among the densest planets discovered so far. TOI-2416 b orbits its host star on a moderately eccentric orbit with a period of ∼8.3 days and an eccentricity of e =
0.32
−
0.02
+
0.02
. TOI-2416 b is more massive than Jupiter with m
p
=
3.0
−
0.09
+
0.10
M
jup
, however is significantly smaller with a radius of r
p
=
0.88
−
0.02
+
0.02
,
R
jup
, leading to a high mean density of
ρ
=
5.4
−
0.3
+
0.3
g
cm
−
3
. TOI-2524 b is a warm Jupiter near the hot Jupiter transition region, orbiting its star every ∼7.2 days on a circular orbit. It is less massive than Jupiter with a mass of m
p
=
0.64
−
0.04
+
0.04
M
jup
, and is consistent with an inflated radius of r
p
=
1.00
−
0.03
+
0.02
R
jup
, leading to a low mean density of
ρ
=
0.79
−
0.08
+
0.08
g
cm
−
3
. The newly discovered exoplanets TOI-2373 b, TOI-2416 b, and TOI-2524 b have estimated equilibrium temperatures of
860
−
10
+
10
K,
1080
−
10
+
10
K, and
1100
−
20
+
20
K, respectively, placing them in the sparsely populated transition zone between hot and warm Jupiters.
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Subject
Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics