Authors
Rodrigo Luger, Marko Sestovic, Ethan Kruse, Simon L Grimm, Brice-Olivier Demory, Eric Agol, Emeline Bolmont, Daniel Fabrycky, Catarina S Fernandes, Valérie Van Grootel, Adam Burgasser, Michaël Gillon, James G Ingalls, Emmanuël Jehin, Sean N Raymond, Franck Selsis, Amaury HMJ Triaud, Thomas Barclay, Geert Barentsen, Steve B Howell, Laetitia Delrez, Julien De Wit, Daniel Foreman-Mackey, Daniel L Holdsworth, Jérémy Leconte, Susan Lederer, Martin Turbet, Yaseen Almleaky, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, Pierre Magain, Brett M Morris, Kevin Heng, Didier Queloz
Publication date
2017/5/22
Journal
Nature Astronomy
Volume
1
Issue
6
Pages
0129
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK
Description
The TRAPPIST-1 system is the first transiting planet system found orbiting an ultracool dwarf star. At least seven planets similar in radius to Earth were previously found to transit this host star. Subsequently, TRAPPIST-1 was observed as part of the K2 mission and, with these new data, we report the measurement of an 18.77 day orbital period for the outermost transiting planet, TRAPPIST-1 h, which was previously unconstrained. This value matches our theoretical expectations based on Laplace relations and places TRAPPIST-1 h as the seventh member of a complex chain, with three-body resonances linking every member. We find that TRAPPIST-1 h has a radius of 0.752 R⊕ and an equilibrium temperature of 173 K. We have also measured the rotational period of the star to be 3.3 days and detected a number of flares consistent with a low-activity, middle-aged, late M dwarf.
Scholar articles
R Luger, M Sestovic, E Kruse, SL Grimm, BO Demory… - Nature Astronomy, 2017