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arXiv · 2108.02208

TESS-Keck Survey IX: Masses of Three Sub-Neptunes Orbiting HD 191939 and the Discovery of a Warm Jovian Plus a Distant Sub-Stellar Companion

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Exoplanet systems with multiple transiting planets are natural laboratories for testing planetary astrophysics. One such system is HD 191939 (TOI-1339), a bright (V=9) and Sun-like (G9V) star, which TESS found to host three transiting planets (b, c, and d). The planets have periods of 9, 29, and 38 days each with similar sizes from 3 to 3.4 $R_{\oplus}$. To further characterize the system, we measured the radial velocity (RV) of HD 191939 over 415 days with Keck/HIRES and APF/Levy. We find that $M_b = 10.4 \pm 0.9 M_{\oplus}$ and $M_c = 7.2 \pm 1.4 M_{\oplus}$, which are low compared to most known planets of comparable radii. The RVs yield only an upper-limit on $M_d$ (<5.8 $M_{\oplus}$ at 2$\sigma$). The RVs further reveal a fourth planet (e) with a minimum mass of $0.34 \pm 0.01 M_{Jup}$ and an orbital period of 101.4 $\pm$ 0.4 days. Despite its non-transiting geometry, secular interactions between planet e and the inner transiting planets indicate that planet e is coplanar with the transiting planets ($\Delta$i < 10$^{\circ}$). We identify a second high mass planet (f) with 95% confidence intervals on mass between $2-11 \, M_{Jup}$ and period between 1700-7200 days, based on a joint analysis of RVs and astrometry from $Gaia$ and $Hipparcos$. As a bright star hosting multiple planets with well-measured masses, HD 191939 presents many options for comparative planetary astronomy including characterization with JWST.

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Jack Lubin, Judah Van Zandt, Rae Holcomb, Lauren M. Weiss, Erik A Petigura, Paul Robertson, Joseph M. Akana Murphy, Nicholas Scarsdale, Konstantin Batygin, Alex S. Polanski, Natalie M. Batalha, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Courtney Dressing, Benjamin Fulton, Andrew W. Howard, Daniel Huber, Howard Isaacson, Stephen R. Kane, Arpita Roy, Corey Beard, Sarah Blunt, Ashley Chontos, Fei Dai, Paul A. Dalba, Kaz Gary, Steven Giacalone, Michelle L. Hill, Andrew Mayo, Teo Mocnik, Molly R. Kosiarek, Malena Rice, Ryan A. Rubenzahl, David W. Latham, S. Seager, Joshua N. Winn. 2021-08-04. TESS-Keck Survey IX: Masses of Three Sub-Neptunes Orbiting HD 191939 and the Discovery of a Warm Jovian Plus a Distant Sub-Stellar Companion. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881%2Fac3d38

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