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2018AJ....156..250Y - Astron. J., 156, 250-250 (2018/December-0)

EPIC 246851721 b: a tropical Jupiter transiting a rapidly rotating star in a well-aligned orbit.

YU L., ZHOU G., RODRIGUEZ J.E., HUANG C.X., VANDERBURG A., QUINN S.N., GAUDI B.S., BEICHMAN C.A., BERLIND P., BIERYLA A., CALKINS M.L., CIARDI D.R., CROSSFIELD I.J.M., EASTMAN J.D., ESQUERDO G.A., LATHAM D.W., STASSUN K.G. and VILLANUEVA S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the discovery of EPIC 246851721 b, a "tropical" Jupiter in a 6.18-day orbit around the bright (V = 11.439) star EPIC 246851721 (TYC 1283-739-1). We present a detailed analysis of the system using K2 and ground-based photometry, radial velocities, Doppler tomography, and adaptive optics imaging. From our global models, we infer that the host star is a rapidly rotating (vsinI* = 74.92 kms–1) F dwarf with Teff = 6202 K, R*=1.586 R and M*=1.317 M. EPIC 246851721 b has a radius of 1.051 ± 0.044 RJ, and a mass of 3.0–1.2+1.1MJ. Doppler tomography reveals an aligned spin-orbit geometry, with a projected obliquity of -1○ / . 47_ -0.86_+0.87, making EPIC 246851721 the fourth hottest star to host a Jovian planet with P > 5 days and a known obliquity. Using quasi-periodic signatures in its light curve that appear to be spot modulations, we estimate the star's rotation period, and thereby infer the true obliquity of the system to be 3○ / . 7_ -1.8_+3.7. We argue that this near-zero obliquity is likely to be primordial rather than a result of tidal damping. The host star also has a bound stellar companion, a 0.4 M M dwarf at a projected separation of 2100 au, but the companion is likely incapable of emplacing EPIC 246851721 b in its current orbit via high-eccentricity Kozai-Lidov migration.

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Journal keyword(s): planetary systems - planets and satellites: detection - stars: individual: EPIC 246851721

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