A nearby transiting rocky exoplanet that is suitable for atmospheric investigation

T Trifonov¹, J A Caballero², J C Morales^{3

4}, A Seifahrt⁵, I Ribas^{3

4}, A Reiners⁶, J L Bean⁵, R Luque^{7

8}, H Parviainen^{7

8}, E Pallé^{7

8}, S Stock⁹, M Zechmeister⁶, P J Amado¹⁰, G Anglada-Escudé^{3

4}, M Azzaro¹¹, T Barclay^{12

13}, V J S Béjar^{7

8}, P Bluhm⁹, N Casasayas-Barris^{7

8}, C Cifuentes², K A Collins¹⁴, K I Collins¹⁵, M Cortés-Contreras², J de Leon¹⁶, S Dreizler⁶, C D Dressing¹⁷, E Esparza-Borges^{7

8}, N Espinoza¹⁸, M Fausnaugh¹⁹, A Fukui^{20

7}, A P Hatzes²¹, C Hellier²², Th Henning²³, C E Henze²⁴, E Herrero^{3

4}, S V Jeffers^{6

25}, J M Jenkins²⁴, E L N Jensen²⁶, A Kaminski⁹, D Kasper⁵, D Kossakowski²³, M Kürster²³, M Lafarga^{3

4}, D W Latham¹⁴, A W Mann²⁷, K Molaverdikhani⁹, D Montes²⁸, B T Montet²⁹, F Murgas^{7

8}, N Narita^{30

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7}, M Oshagh^{7

8}, V M Passegger^{33

34}, D Pollacco³⁵, S N Quinn¹⁴, A Quirrenbach⁹, G R Ricker¹⁹, C Rodríguez López¹⁰, J Sanz-Forcada², R P Schwarz³⁶, A Schweitzer³³, S Seager^{19

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38}, A Shporer¹⁹, M Stangret^{7

8}, J Stürmer⁹, T G Tan³⁹, P Tenenbaum¹⁹, J D Twicken^{40

24}, R Vanderspek¹⁹, J N Winn⁴¹

Affiliations

¹ Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany. trifonov@mpia.de.
² Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), E-28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain.
³ Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
⁶ Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
⁷ Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
⁸ Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
⁹ Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
¹⁰ Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain.
¹¹ Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán, Observatorio de Calar Alto, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain.
¹² NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
¹³ University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.
¹⁴ Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
¹⁷ Astronomy Department, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
¹⁸ Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
¹⁹ Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
²⁰ Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
²¹ Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, D-07778 Tautenburg, Germany.
²² Astrophysics Group, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK.
²³ Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
²⁴ NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.
²⁵ Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany.
²⁶ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA.
²⁷ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
²⁸ Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica and Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
²⁹ School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia.
³⁰ Komaba Institute for Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
³¹ Japan Science and Technology Agency, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
³² Astrobiology Center, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan.
³³ Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany.
³⁴ Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA.
³⁵ Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
³⁶ Patashnick Voorheesville Observatory, Voorheesville, NY 12186, USA.
³⁷ Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
³⁸ Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
³⁹ Perth Exoplanet Survey Telescope, Perth WA 6010, Australia.
⁴⁰ Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
⁴¹ Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.

PMID: 33674491
DOI: 10.1126/science.abd7645

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A nearby transiting rocky exoplanet that is suitable for atmospheric investigation

T Trifonov et al. Science. 2021.

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. 2021 Mar 5;371(6533):1038-1041.

doi: 10.1126/science.abd7645.

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Affiliations

¹ Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany. trifonov@mpia.de.
² Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), E-28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain.
³ Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
⁶ Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
⁷ Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
⁸ Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
⁹ Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
¹⁰ Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain.
¹¹ Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán, Observatorio de Calar Alto, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain.
¹² NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
¹³ University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.
¹⁴ Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
¹⁷ Astronomy Department, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
¹⁸ Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
¹⁹ Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
²⁰ Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
²¹ Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, D-07778 Tautenburg, Germany.
²² Astrophysics Group, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK.
²³ Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
²⁴ NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.
²⁵ Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany.
²⁶ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA.
²⁷ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
²⁸ Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica and Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
²⁹ School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia.
³⁰ Komaba Institute for Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
³¹ Japan Science and Technology Agency, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
³² Astrobiology Center, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan.
³³ Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany.
³⁴ Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA.
³⁵ Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
³⁶ Patashnick Voorheesville Observatory, Voorheesville, NY 12186, USA.
³⁷ Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
³⁸ Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
³⁹ Perth Exoplanet Survey Telescope, Perth WA 6010, Australia.
⁴⁰ Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
⁴¹ Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.

PMID: 33674491
DOI: 10.1126/science.abd7645

Abstract

Spectroscopy of transiting exoplanets can be used to investigate their atmospheric properties and habitability. Combining radial velocity (RV) and transit data provides additional information on exoplanet physical properties. We detect a transiting rocky planet with an orbital period of 1.467 days around the nearby red dwarf star Gliese 486. The planet Gliese 486 b is 2.81 Earth masses and 1.31 Earth radii, with uncertainties of 5%, as determined from RV data and photometric light curves. The host star is at a distance of ~8.1 parsecs, has a J-band magnitude of ~7.2, and is observable from both hemispheres of Earth. On the basis of these properties and the planet's short orbital period and high equilibrium temperature, we show that this terrestrial planet is suitable for emission and transit spectroscopy.

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