2021/01/14 by Elisabeth R. Newton, Elisabeth Newton, Andrew W. Mann +59
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrobiology #Astronomy #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Exoplanet #James Webb Space Telescope #Photometry (optics) #Physics #Planet #Planetary system #Spitzer Space Telescope #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Telescope #Terrestrial planet #astro-ph.EP #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.3847/1538-3881/abccc6
published as The Astronomical Journal, 2021, Volume 161, Issue 2 · 20 pages, appendix on UV excess
openalex publication_date 2021/01/14 · arxiv created 2021/02/11 · arxiv updated 2021/02/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
Abstract Young exoplanets can offer insight into the evolution of planetary atmospheres, compositions, and architectures. We present the discovery of the young planetary system TOI 451 (TIC 257605131, Gaia DR2 4844691297067063424). TOI 451 is a member of the 120 Myr old Pisces–Eridanus stream (Psc–Eri). We confirm membership in the stream with its kinematics, its lithium abundance, and the rotation and UV excesses of both TOI 451 and its wide-binary companion, TOI 451 B (itself likely an M-dwarf binary). We identified three candidate planets transiting in the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite data and followed up the signals with photometry from Spitzer and ground-based telescopes. The system comprises three validated planets at periods of 1.9, 9.2, and 16 days, with radii of 1.9, 3.1, and 4.1 R ⨂ , respectively. The host star is near-solar mass with V = 11.0 and H = 9.3 and displays an infrared excess indicative of a debris disk. The planets offer excellent prospects for transmission spectroscopy with the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope, providing the opportunity to study planetary atmospheres that may still be in the process of evolving.