Planet Hunters Tess I: TOI 813, a subgiant hosting a transiting Saturn-sized planet on an 84-day orbit

N. L. Eisner; O. Barragán; S. Aigrain; C. Lintott; G. Miller; N. Zicher; T. S. Boyajian; C. Briceño; E. M. Bryant; J. L. Christiansen; A. D. Feinstein; L. M. Flor-Torres; M. Fridlund; D. Gandolfi; J. Gilbert; N. Guerrero; J. M. Jenkins; K. Jones; M. H. Kristiansen; A. Vanderburg; N. Law; A. R. López-Sánchez; A. W. Mann; E. J. Safron; M. E. Schwamb; K. G. Stassun; H. P. Osborn; J. Wang; A. Zic; C. Ziegler; F. Barnet; S. J. Bean; D. M. Bundy; Z. Chetnik; J. L. Dawson; J. Garstone; A. G. Stenner; M. Huten; S. Larish; L. D. Melanson; T. Mitchell; C. Moore; K. Peltsch; D. J. Rogers; C. Schuster; D. S. Smith; D. J. Simister; C. Tanner; I. Terentev; A. Tsymbal

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Planet Hunters Tess I: TOI 813, a subgiant hosting a transiting Saturn-sized planet on an 84-day orbit

N. L. Eisner^*, O. Barragán, S. Aigrain, C. Lintott, G. Miller, N. Zicher, T. S. Boyajian, C. Briceño, E. M. Bryant, J. L. Christiansen, A. D. Feinstein, L. M. Flor-Torres, M. Fridlund, D. Gandolfi, J. Gilbert, N. Guerrero, J. M. Jenkins, K. Jones, M. H. Kristiansen, A. VanderburgN. Law, A. R. López-Sánchez, A. W. Mann, E. J. Safron, M. E. Schwamb, K. G. Stassun, H. P. Osborn, J. Wang, A. Zic, C. Ziegler, F. Barnet, S. J. Bean, D. M. Bundy, Z. Chetnik, J. L. Dawson, J. Garstone, A. G. Stenner, M. Huten, S. Larish, L. D. Melanson, T. Mitchell, C. Moore, K. Peltsch, D. J. Rogers, C. Schuster, D. S. Smith, D. J. Simister, C. Tanner, I. Terentev, A. Tsymbal

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We report on the discovery and validation of TOI 813 b (TIC55525572b), a transiting exoplanet identified by citizen scientists in data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and the first planet discovered by the Planet Hunters TESS project. The host star is a bright (V = 10.3 mag) subgiant (R_* = 1.94 R_☉, M_☉ = 1.32 M_☉). It was observed almost continuously by TESS during its first year of operations, during which time four individual transit events were detected. The candidate passed all the standard light curve-based vetting checks, and ground-based follow-up spectroscopy and speckle imaging enabled us to place an upper limit of 2 M_Jup (99 per cent confidence) on the mass of the companion, and to statistically validate its planetary nature. Detailed modelling of the transits yields a period of 83.8911^+0.0027_-0.0031 d, a planet radius of 6.71 ± 0.38 R_⊕ and a semimajor axis of 0.423⁺⁰⁰³¹_-0.037 AU. The planet's orbital period combined with the evolved nature of the host star places this object in a relatively underexplored region of parameter space. We estimate that TOI 813 b induces a reflex motion in its host star with a semi-amplitude of ∼6 m s⁻¹, making this a promising system to measure the mass of a relatively long-period transiting planet.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	750-763
Number of pages	14
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	494
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa138
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2020

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Eisner, N. L., Barragán, O., Aigrain, S., Lintott, C., Miller, G., Zicher, N., Boyajian, T. S., Briceño, C., Bryant, E. M., Christiansen, J. L., Feinstein, A. D., Flor-Torres, L. M., Fridlund, M., Gandolfi, D., Gilbert, J., Guerrero, N., Jenkins, J. M., Jones, K., Kristiansen, M. H., ... Tsymbal, A. (2020). Planet Hunters Tess I: TOI 813, a subgiant hosting a transiting Saturn-sized planet on an 84-day orbit. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494(1), 750-763. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa138

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