[en] We report the discovery and characterization of TOI-6692 b, an eccentric (e ∼ 0.54) Jupiter on a 130 day orbit. TOI-6692 b was first detected as a community TESS Object of Interest by the Visual Survey Group and the Planet Hunters group as a single-transit candidate via TESS observation. The period was subsequently confirmed via radial velocity monitoring from the Planet Finder Spectrograph on the 6.5 m Magellan telescope. Additional radial velocities were acquired with the CHIRON, FEROS, and CORALIE spectrographs. LCOGT ground-based photometric follow-up was conducted over 2 weeks to detect another transit and refine the period. Although we did not detect an ingress or egress of the 11.04 hr transit, we did detect a possible in-transit signal in the multinight data and provide an updated ephemeris for future monitoring. TOI-6692 b is one of the few planets with orbital periods longer than 100 days that have a secure mass, radius, and eccentricity detection. As with most giant planets at these orbital periods, the eccentricity of TOI-6692 b is lower than that expected of planets undergoing high-eccentricity tidal migration, but is more consistent with the expectations of planet─planet scattering outcomes. A long-term radial velocity trend was detected, and further monitoring is warranted to determine the outer companion period. TOI-6692 b is also one of the few TESS single transit targets to have its periods eventually confirmed via follow-up photometric campaigns timed to capture transits despite the relatively large ephemeris uncertainties. Such efforts highlight the capabilities of night-to-night stability on ground-based photometric facilities today.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Bieryla, Allyson; Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, University of Southern Queensland
Collins, Karen A.; Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Zhou, George; University of Southern Queensland
Latham, David W.; Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Carter, Brad; University of Southern Queensland
Dalba, Paul; University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gagliano, Robert; Amateur Astronomer, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA
Jacobs, Thomas L.; Amateur Astronomer, Missouri City, TX 77459, USA
LaCourse, Daryll; University of Oxford, Department of Physics
Omohundro, Mark; University of Oxford, Department of Physics
Schwengeler, H. M.; Astrophysical Institute of the Canaries, University of Liege, Belgium, MIT, Department of Earth and Planetary Science
Barkaoui, Khalid ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Exoplanets in Transit: Identification and Characterization ; University Adolfo Ibanez, Chile, -
Brahm, Rafael; Carnegie Institution of Washington, Geophysical Laboratory
Butler, R. Paul; SETI Institute, California, NASA Ames Research Center
Caldwell, Douglas A.; The Observatories of the Carnegie Instution for Science, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Crane, Jeffrey D.; Washington University in Saint Louis, Department of Physics
Daylan, Tansu; Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, California
Deveny, Sarah; Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Eastman, Jason D.; MIT, Department of Physics, MIT, Center for Space Research/Kavli Institute
Gaibor, Yadira S.; University of Liege, Belgium
Gillon, Michaël ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) ; Max-Planck-Institut fúr Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Howell, Steve B.; University of Liege, Laboratory of Planetary and Atmospheric Physics
Jehin, Emmanuel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Unités de recherche interfacultaires > Space sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research (STAR) ; Swarthmore College, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Jensen, Eric L. N.; University Adolfo Ibanez, Chile, -
Jordán, Andrés; University of British Columbia, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Kunimoto, Michelle; Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, California
Littlefield, Colin; University of Geneva, Astronomical Observatory
Parc, Léna; Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Quinn, Samuel N.; Yale University, Department of Astronomy
Rice, Malena; Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Rodriguez, Joseph E.; Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Schwarz, Richard P.; South African Astronomical Observatory
Sefako, Ramotholo; The Observatories of the Carnegie Instution for Science, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Shectman, Stephen A.; MIT, Center for Space Research/Kavli Institute
Srdoc, Gregor; University of Geneva, Astronomical Observatory
Steiner, Michal; Department of Astronomy, McPherson Laboratory, The Ohio State University, 140 W 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Tala Pinto, Marcelo; Carnegie Institution of Washington, Geophysical Laboratory
Teske, Johanna; Max-Planck-Institut fúr Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Astronomy, Sofia University "St Kliment Ohridski,", 5 James Bourchier Blvd, BG-1164 Sofia, Bulgaria, Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Königstuhl 12, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Trifonov, Trifon; University of Geneva, Astronomical Observatory, Leiden Observatory
Ulmer-Moll, Solène; Bozeman, MT 59718, USA
Watkins, Cristilyn N.; Tsinghua University, China
Wang, Sharon X.; Washington University in Saint Louis, Department of Physics, University of Concepcion, Department of Astronomy
Yana Galarza, Jhon; Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics