HARPS radial velocity follow up of GJ 1214

We conduct a joint analysis of the RVs with archival Spitzer/IRAC transits and measure a planetary mass and radius of 8.17{+/-}0.43M{Earth} and 2.742-_0.053_^+0.050^R{Earth}. Assuming that GJ1214b is an Earth-like core surrounded by a H/He envelope, we measure an envelope mass fraction of X_env_=5.24_-0.29_^+0.30^%.

GJ1214b remains a prime target for secondary eclipse observations of an enveloped terrestrial, the scheduling of which benefits from our constraint on the orbital eccentricity of <0.063 at 95% confidence, which narrows the secondary eclipse window to 2.8hr. By combining GJ1214 with other mid-M-dwarf transiting systems with intensive RV follow up, we calculate the frequency of mid-M-dwarf planetary systems with multiple small planets and find that 90_-21_^+5^% of mid-M dwarfs with a known planet with mass [1,10]M{Earth} and orbital period [0.5,50]days, will host at least one additional planet.