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2019MNRAS.487.1865W - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 487, 1865-1873 (2019/August-1)

Validation of a temperate fourth planet in the K2-133 multiplanet system.

WELLS R., POPPENHAEGER K. and WATSON C.A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present follow-up observations of the K2-133 multiplanet system. Previously, we announced that K2-133 contained three super-Earths orbiting an M1.5V host star - with tentative evidence of a fourth outer-planet orbiting at the edge of the temperate zone. Here, we report on the validation of the presence of the fourth planet, determining a radius of 1.73–0.13+0.14 R. The four planets span the radius gap of the exoplanet population, meaning further follow-up would be worthwhile to obtain masses and test theories of the origin of the gap. In particular, the trend of increasing planetary radius with decreasing incident flux in the K2-133 system supports the claim that the gap is caused by photo-evaporation of exoplanet atmospheres. Finally, we note that K2-133 e orbits on the edge of the star's temperate zone, and that our radius measurement allows for the possibility that this is a rocky world. Additional mass measurements are required to confirm or refute this scenario.

Abstract Copyright: © 2019 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): techniques: photometric - planets and satellites: general - stars: individual: LP 358-499 - stars: individual: K2-133 - stars: low-mass

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