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DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202245301
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A puffy polar planet. The low density, hot Jupiter TOI-640 b is on a polar orbit
Emil Knudstrup,Simon Albrecht,Davide Gandolfi,M. L. Marcussen,E. Goffo,Luis Serrano,F. Dai,Seth Redfield,Toshio Hirano,Sz. Csizmadia,H. J. Deeg,M. Fridlund,K.Y. Lam,John M. Livingston,R. Luque,N. Narita,Enric Palle,Carl G. A. Persson,V. Van Eylen
Physics
Astrophysics
Stellar rotation
2023
TOI-640 b is a hot, puffy Jupiter with a mass of $0.57 \pm 0.02$ M$_{\rm J}$ and radius of $1.72 \pm 0.05$ R$_{\rm J}$, orbiting a slightly evolved F-type star with a separation of $6.33^{+0.07}_{-0.06}$ R$_\star$. Through spectroscopic in-transit observations made with the HARPS spectrograph, we measured the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect, analysing both in-transit radial velocities and the distortion of the stellar spectral lines. From these observations, we find the host star to have a projected obliquity of $\lambda=184\pm3^\circ$. From the TESS light curve, we measured the stellar rotation period, allowing us to determine the stellar inclination, $i_\star=23^{+3\circ}_{-2}$, meaning we are viewing the star pole-on. Combining this with the orbital inclination allowed us to calculate the host star obliquity, $\psi=104\pm2^\circ$. TOI-640 b joins a group of planets orbiting over stellar poles within the range $80^\circ-125^\circ$. The origin of this orbital configuration is not well understood.
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“A puffy polar planet. The low density, hot Jupiter TOI-640 b is on a polar orbit” is a paper by Emil Knudstrup Simon Albrecht Davide Gandolfi M. L. Marcussen E. Goffo Luis Serrano F. Dai Seth Redfield Toshio Hirano Sz. Csizmadia H. J. Deeg M. Fridlund K.Y. Lam John M. Livingston R. Luque N. Narita Enric Palle Carl G. A. Persson V. Van Eylen published in 2023. It has an Open Access status of “green”. You can read and download a PDF Full Text of this paper here.