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Kepler-4 b:主序关闭附近一颗G0恒星的热海王星状行星

Kepler-4b: Hot Neptune-Like Planet of a G0 Star Near Main-Sequence Turnoff

William J. Borucki, Davig G. Koch, Timothy M. Brown, Gibor Basri, Natalie Batalha, Douglas A. Caldwell, William D. Cochran, Edward W. Dunham, Thomas N. Gautier,… 展开作者

William J. Borucki, Davig G. Koch, Timothy M. Brown, Gibor Basri, Natalie Batalha, Douglas A. Caldwell, William D. Cochran, Edward W. Dunham, Thomas N. Gautier, John C. Geary, Ronald L. Gilliland, Steve B. Howell, Jon M. Jenkins, David W. Latham, Jack J. Lissauer, Geoffrey W. Marcy, David Monet, Jason F. Rowe, Dimitar Sasselov

摘要:

美国宇航局开普勒航天器早期的时间序列测光显示,有一颗行星正在经过我们称之为开普勒-4的恒星,其位置为RA = 19h02m27.68s,Dec = +50:08:08.7。该行星的轨道周期为3.213天,凌日的相对深度为0.87 x 10^{-3},持续时间约为3.95小时。Keck HIRES摄谱仪的径向速度测量显示反射多普勒信号为9.3(+1.1 -1.9)m/s,与低偏心率轨道一致,具有凌日的预期相位。各种各样的测试显示,没有证据表明有任何伴星足够近,可以影响这个系统的光变曲线或径向速度。根据凌日估计的主星平均密度,结合高分辨率光谱分析,我们推断主星接近主序星的转折点,估计质量和半径分别为1.223(+0.053 -0.091)太阳质量和1.487(+0.071 -0.084)太阳半径。我们估计行星的质量和半径为24.5 +/- 3.8地球质量和3.99 +/- 0.21地球半径。这颗行星的密度接近1.9 g/cm^3;因此它的密度和质量比海王星稍大,但大小大致相同。

英文摘要:

Early time-series photometry from NASA's Kepler spacecraft has revealed a planet transiting the star we term Kepler-4, at RA = 19h02m27.68s, Dec = +50:08:08.7. The planet has an orbital period of 3.213 days and shows transits with a relative depth of 0.87 x 10^{-3} and a duration of about 3.95 hours. Radial velocity measurements from the Keck HIRES spectrograph show a reflex Doppler signal of 9.3 (+1.1 -1.9) m/s, consistent with a low-eccentricity orbit with the phase expected from the transits. Various tests show no evidence for any companion star near enough to affect the light curve or the radial velocities for this system. From a transit-based estimate of the host star's mean density, combined with analysis of high-resolution spectra, we infer that the host star is near turnoff from the main sequence, with estimated mass and radius of 1.223 (+0.053 -0.091) solar masses and 1.487 (+0.071 -0.084) solar radii. We estimate the planet mass and radius to be 24.5 +/- 3.8 Earth masses and 3.99 +/- 0.21 Earth radii. The planet's density is near 1.9 g/cm^3; it is thus slightly denser and more massive than Neptune, but about the same size.

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