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korth

Judith Korth

Postdoc

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TOI-2266 b: A keystone super-Earth at the edge of the M dwarf radius valley

Author

  • H. Parviainen
  • J. Korth
  • D. Dragomir

Summary, in English

We validate the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) object of interest TOI-2266.01 (TIC 8348911) as a small transiting planet (most likely a super-Earth) orbiting a faint M5 dwarf (V = 16.54) on a 2.33 d orbit. The validation is based on an approach where multicolour transit light curves are used to robustly estimate the upper limit of the transiting object's radius. Our analysis uses SPOC-pipeline TESS light curves from Sectors 24, 25, 51, and 52, simultaneous multicolour transit photometry observed with MuSCAT2, MuSCAT3' and HiPERCAM, and additional transit photometry observed with the LCOGT telescopes. TOI-2266 b is found to be a planet with a radius of 1.54 ± 0.09 R, which locates it at the edge of the transition zone between rocky planets, water-rich planets, and sub-Neptunes (the so-called M dwarf radius valley). The planet is amenable to ground-based radial velocity mass measurement with red-sensitive spectrographs installed in large telescopes, such as MAROON-X and Keck Planet Finder (KPF), which makes it a valuable addition to a relatively small population of planets that can be used to probe the physics of the transition zone. Further, the planet's orbital period of 2.33 days places it inside a 'keystone planet'wedge in the period-radius plane where competing planet formation scenarios make conflicting predictions on how the radius valley depends on the orbital period. This makes the planet also a welcome addition to the small population of planets that can be used to test small-planet formation scenarios around M dwarfs. © 2024 EDP Sciences. All rights reserved.

Department/s

  • Astrophysics

Publishing year

2024

Language

English

Publication/Series

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volume

683

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

EDP Sciences

Topic

  • Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Keywords

  • Methods: statistical
  • Planets and satellites: general
  • Planets and satellites: terrestrial planets
  • Stars: individual: TIC 8348911
  • Techniques: photometric
  • Arches
  • Earth (planet)
  • Exoplanets
  • Landforms
  • Photometry
  • Satellites
  • Telescopes
  • Exo-planets
  • Methods:statistical
  • Multi-colors
  • Planet and satellite: terrestrial planet
  • Planets and satellites
  • Star: individual: TIC 8348911
  • Stars: individual: proxima Centauri
  • Terrestrial planets
  • Orbits

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0004-6361