Table · dataset · 2021
HARPS radial velocity follow up of TOI-1634
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Studies of close-in planets orbiting M dwarfs have suggested that the M-dwarf radius valley may be well explained by distinct formation timescales between enveloped terrestrials and rocky planets that form at late times in a gas-depleted environment.
Description
This scenario is at odds with the picture that close-in rocky planets form with a primordial gaseous envelope that is subsequently stripped away by some thermally driven mass-loss process.
These two physical scenarios make unique predictions of the rocky/enveloped transition's dependence on orbital separation such that studying the compositions of planets within the M-dwarf radius valley may be able to establish the dominant physics. Here, we present the discovery of one such keystone planet: the ultra-short-period planet TOI-1634b (P=0.989days, F=121F{Earth}, r_p_=1.790_-0.081_^+0.080^R{Earth}) orbiting a nearby M2 dwarf (K_s_=8.7, R_s_=0.450R{sun}, M_s_=0.502M{sun}) and whose size and orbital period sit within the M-dwarf radius valley.
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We confirm the TESS-discovered planet candidate using extensive ground-based follow-up campaigns, including a set of 32 precise radial velocity measurements from HARPS-N. We measure a planetary mass of 4.91_-0.70_^+0.68^M{Earth}, which makes TOI-1634b inconsistent with an Earth-like composition at 5.9{sigma} and thus requires either an extended gaseous envelope, a large volatile-rich layer, or a rocky composition that is not dominated by iron and silicates to explain its mass and radius.
The discovery that the bulk composition of TOI-1634b is inconsistent with that of Earth supports the gas-depleted formation mechanism to explain the emergence of the radius valley around M dwarfs with M_s_<~0.5M{sun}.
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- Reference page cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AJ/162/79 ↗
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Documentation and papers
- ADS 2021AJ....162...79C ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021AJ....162...79C ↗
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- Registry record (GAVO) dc.g-vo.org/I/cds.vizier/j/aj/162/79 ↗
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- Stated by source
- Optical
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- Astronomy & Astrophysics
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