TOI-2498 b: a hot bloated super-Neptune within the Neptune desert

Author:

Frame Ginger12ORCID,Armstrong David J12ORCID,Cegla Heather M12,Fernández Fernández Jorge12,Osborn Ares12ORCID,Adibekyan Vardan34,Collins Karen A5,Delgado Mena Elisa34,Giacalone Steven6,Kielkopf John F7,Santos Nuno C34,Sousa Sérgio G34ORCID,Stassun Keivan G8ORCID,Ziegler Carl9,Anderson David R12ORCID,Barros Susana C C34,Bayliss Daniel12ORCID,Briceño César10,Conti Dennis M11,Dressing Courtney D6,Dumusque Xavier12,Figueira Pedro3412,Fong William13,Gill Samuel12,Hawthorn Faith12ORCID,Jenkins Jon M14,Jensen Eric L N15ORCID,Keniger Marcelo Aron F12,Latham David W5,Law Nicholas16,Lissauer Jack J17,Mann Andrew W16,Nielsen Louise D18,Osborn Hugh19,Paegert Martin5,Seager Sara132021,Schwarz Richard P5,Shporer Avi13,Srdoc Gregor22,Strøm Paul A12,Winn Joshua N23,Wheatley Peter J12ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physics, University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

2. Centre for Exoplanets and Habitability, University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

3. Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Universidade do Porto, CAUP , Rua das Estrelas, P-4150-762 Porto, Portugal

4. Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto , Rua do Campo Alegre, P-4169-007 Porto, Portugal

5. Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

6. Department of Astronomy, University of California Berkeley , Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

7. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Louisville , Louisville, KY 40292, USA

8. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, TN 37235, USA

9. Department of Physics, Engineering, and Astronomy, Stephen F. Austin State University , 1936 North St, Nacogdoches, TX 75962, USA

10. Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory , Casilla 603, La Serena, Chile

11. American Association of Variable Star Observers , 185 Alewife Brook Parkway, Suite 410, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

12. Observatoire Astronomique de l’Université de Genève , Chemin Pegasi 51b, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland

13. Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

14. NASA Ames Research Center , Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA

15. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Swarthmore College , Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA

16. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255, USA

17. Space Science and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center , MS 245-3, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA

18. European Southern Observatory , Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 2, D-85748 Garching bei München, Germany

19. Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern , Gesellsschaftstrasse 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland

20. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

21. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

22. Kotizarovci Observatory , Sarsoni 90, 51216 Viskovo, Croatia

23. Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University , Princeton, NJ 08544, USA

Abstract

ABSTRACT We present the discovery and confirmation of a transiting hot bloated super-Neptune using photometry from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope (LCOGT) and radial velocity measurements from the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS). The host star TOI-2498 is a V  = 11.2, G-type (Teff  = 5905 ± 12 K) solar-like star with a mass of 1.12 ± 0.02 M⊙ and a radius of 1.26 ± 0.04 R⊙. The planet, TOI-2498 b, orbits the star with a period of 3.7 d, has a radius of 6.1 ± 0.3 R⊕, and a mass of 35 ± 4 M⊕. This results in a density of 0.86 ± 0.25 g cm−3. TOI-2498 b resides on the edge of the Neptune desert; a region of mass–period parameter space in which there appears to be a dearth of planets. Therefore TOI-2498 b is an interesting case to study to further understand the origins and boundaries of the Neptune desert. Through modelling the evaporation history, we determine that over its ∼3.6 Gyr lifespan, TOI-2498 b has likely reduced from a Saturn-sized planet to its current radius through photoevaporation. Moreover, TOI-2498 b is a potential candidate for future atmospheric studies searching for species like water or sodium in the optical using high resolution spectroscopy, and for carbon-based molecules in the infrared using JWST.

Funder

NASA

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3