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TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME) X: a two-planet system in the 210 Myr MELANGE-5 Association
Thao, Pa Chia; Mann, Andrew W.; Barber, Madyson G. et al.
2024In Astronomical Journal, 168 (1)
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Keywords :
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract :
[en] Young (<500 Myr) planets are critical to studying how planets form and evolve. Among these young planetary systems, multi-planet configurations are particularly useful as they provide a means to control for variables within a system. Here, we report the discovery and characterization of a young planetary system, TOI-1224. We show that the planet-host resides within a young population we denote as MELANGE-5 . By employing a range of age-dating methods -- isochrone fitting, lithium abundance analysis, gyrochronology, and Gaia excess variability -- we estimate the age of MELANGE-5 to be 210 +- 27 Myr. MELANGE-5 is situated in close proximity to previously identified younger (80 -110 Myr) associations, Crius 221 and Theia 424/Volans-Carina, motivating further work to map out the group boundaries. In addition to a planet candidate detected by the TESS pipeline and alerted as a TESS Object of Interest, TOI-1224 b, we identify a second planet, TOI-1224 c, using custom search tools optimized for young stars (Notch and LOCoR). We find the planets are 2.10 +- 0.09R_sun and 2.88 +- 0.10R_sun and orbit their host star every 4.18 and 17.95 days, respectively. With their bright (K=9.1 mag), small (R*=0.44R_sun), and cool (Teff =3326K) host star, these planets represent excellent candidates for atmospheric characterization with JWST.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Thao, Pa Chia
Mann, Andrew W.
Barber, Madyson G.
Kraus, Adam L.
Tofflemire, Benjamin M.
Bush, Jonathan L.
Wood, Mackenna L.
Collins, Karen A.
Vanderburg, Andrew
Quinn, Samuel N.
Zhou, George
Newton, Elisabeth R.
Ziegler, Carl
Law, Nicholas
Barkaoui, Khalid ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Exoplanets in Transit: Identification and Characterization
Pozuelos, Francisco J.
Timmermans, Mathilde  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Astrobiology
Gillon, Michaël  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO)
Jehin, Emmanuel  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Unités de recherche interfacultaires > Space sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research (STAR)
Schwarz, Richard P.
Gan, Tianjun
Shporer, Avi
Horne, Keith
Sefako, Ramotholo
Suarez, Olga
Mekarnia, Djamel
Guillot, Tristan
Abe, Lyu
Triaud, Amaury H. M. J.
Radford, Don J.
Lopez Murillo, Ana Isabel
Ricker, George R.
Winn, Joshua N.
Jenkins, Jon M.
Bouma, Luke G.
Fausnaugh, Michael
Guerrero, Natalia M.
Kunimoto, Michelle
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Language :
English
Title :
TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME) X: a two-planet system in the 210 Myr MELANGE-5 Association
Publication date :
01 June 2024
Journal title :
Astronomical Journal
ISSN :
0004-6256
eISSN :
1538-3881
Publisher :
American Astronomical Society
Volume :
168
Issue :
1
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Commentary :
Accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal; 33 pages, 17 figures, 9 tables
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