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Title: Planet hunters. VI. An independent characterization of KOI-351 and several long period planet candidates from the Kepler archival data

Abstract

We report the discovery of 14 new transiting planet candidates in the Kepler field from the Planet Hunters citizen science program. None of these candidates overlapped with Kepler Objects of Interest (KOIs) at the time of submission. We report the discovery of one more addition to the six planet candidate system around KOI-351, making it the only seven planet candidate system from Kepler. Additionally, KOI-351 bears some resemblance to our own solar system, with the inner five planets ranging from Earth to mini-Neptune radii and the outer planets being gas giants; however, this system is very compact, with all seven planet candidates orbiting ≲ 1 AU from their host star. A Hill stability test and an orbital integration of the system shows that the system is stable. Furthermore, we significantly add to the population of long period transiting planets; periods range from 124 to 904 days, eight of them more than one Earth year long. Seven of these 14 candidates reside in their host star's habitable zone.

Authors:
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  1. Department of Astronomy, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511 (United States)
  2. Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, 11F of Astronomy-Mathematics Building, National Taiwan University. No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd, Taipei 10617, Taiwan (China)
  3. Oxford Astrophysics, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH (United Kingdom)
  4. Adler Planetarium, 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605 (United States)
  5. Institute for Astronomy, Department of Physics, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 16, CH-8093 Zurich (Switzerland)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22342286
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 148; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1538-3881
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; DETECTION; NEPTUNE PLANET; SATELLITES; SOLAR SYSTEM; STABILITY; STARS

Citation Formats

Schmitt, Joseph R., Wang, Ji, Fischer, Debra A., Moriarty, John C., Boyajian, Tabetha S., Jek, Kian J., LaCourse, Daryll, Omohundro, Mark R., Winarski, Troy, Goodman, Samuel Jon, Jebson, Tony, Schwengeler, Hans Martin, Paterson, David A., Schwamb, Megan E., Lintott, Chris, Simpson, Robert, Lynn, Stuart, Smith, Arfon M., Parrish, Michael, Schawinski, Kevin, and others, and. Planet hunters. VI. An independent characterization of KOI-351 and several long period planet candidates from the Kepler archival data. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/148/2/28.
Schmitt, Joseph R., Wang, Ji, Fischer, Debra A., Moriarty, John C., Boyajian, Tabetha S., Jek, Kian J., LaCourse, Daryll, Omohundro, Mark R., Winarski, Troy, Goodman, Samuel Jon, Jebson, Tony, Schwengeler, Hans Martin, Paterson, David A., Schwamb, Megan E., Lintott, Chris, Simpson, Robert, Lynn, Stuart, Smith, Arfon M., Parrish, Michael, Schawinski, Kevin, & others, and. Planet hunters. VI. An independent characterization of KOI-351 and several long period planet candidates from the Kepler archival data. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/148/2/28
Schmitt, Joseph R., Wang, Ji, Fischer, Debra A., Moriarty, John C., Boyajian, Tabetha S., Jek, Kian J., LaCourse, Daryll, Omohundro, Mark R., Winarski, Troy, Goodman, Samuel Jon, Jebson, Tony, Schwengeler, Hans Martin, Paterson, David A., Schwamb, Megan E., Lintott, Chris, Simpson, Robert, Lynn, Stuart, Smith, Arfon M., Parrish, Michael, Schawinski, Kevin, and others, and. 2014. "Planet hunters. VI. An independent characterization of KOI-351 and several long period planet candidates from the Kepler archival data". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/148/2/28.
@article{osti_22342286,
title = {Planet hunters. VI. An independent characterization of KOI-351 and several long period planet candidates from the Kepler archival data},
author = {Schmitt, Joseph R. and Wang, Ji and Fischer, Debra A. and Moriarty, John C. and Boyajian, Tabetha S. and Jek, Kian J. and LaCourse, Daryll and Omohundro, Mark R. and Winarski, Troy and Goodman, Samuel Jon and Jebson, Tony and Schwengeler, Hans Martin and Paterson, David A. and Schwamb, Megan E. and Lintott, Chris and Simpson, Robert and Lynn, Stuart and Smith, Arfon M. and Parrish, Michael and Schawinski, Kevin and others, and},
abstractNote = {We report the discovery of 14 new transiting planet candidates in the Kepler field from the Planet Hunters citizen science program. None of these candidates overlapped with Kepler Objects of Interest (KOIs) at the time of submission. We report the discovery of one more addition to the six planet candidate system around KOI-351, making it the only seven planet candidate system from Kepler. Additionally, KOI-351 bears some resemblance to our own solar system, with the inner five planets ranging from Earth to mini-Neptune radii and the outer planets being gas giants; however, this system is very compact, with all seven planet candidates orbiting ≲ 1 AU from their host star. A Hill stability test and an orbital integration of the system shows that the system is stable. Furthermore, we significantly add to the population of long period transiting planets; periods range from 124 to 904 days, eight of them more than one Earth year long. Seven of these 14 candidates reside in their host star's habitable zone.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-6256/148/2/28},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22342286}, journal = {Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)},
issn = {1538-3881},
number = 2,
volume = 148,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}