Search Results - "Collins, Kevin I."
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Flares, Rotation, and Planets of the AU Mic System from TESS Observations
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-04-2022)“…Abstract AU Mic is a young (∼24 Myr), pre-main-sequence M dwarf star that was observed in the first month of science observations of the Transiting Exoplanet…”
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The PFS View of TOI-677 b: A Spin–Orbit Aligned Warm Jupiter in a Dynamically Hot System
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-04-2024)“…Abstract TOI-677 b is part of an emerging class of “tidally detached” gas giants ( a / R ⋆ ≳ 11) that exhibit large orbital eccentricities and yet low stellar…”
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TOI-2525 b and c: A Pair of Massive Warm Giant Planets with Strong Transit Timing Variations Revealed by TESS
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-04-2023)“…Abstract The K-type star TOI-2525 has an estimated mass of M = 0.849 − 0.033 + 0.024 M ⊙ and radius of R = 0.785 − 0.007 + 0.007 R ⊙ observed by the TESS…”
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Evidence for Low-level Dynamical Excitation in Near-resonant Exoplanet Systems
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-12-2023)“…Abstract The geometries of near-resonant planetary systems offer a relatively pristine window into the initial conditions of exoplanet systems. Given that…”
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LHS 475 b: A Potential Venus Analog Orbiting a Nearby M Dwarf
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-05-2024)“…Abstract Based on photometric observations by TESS, we present the discovery of a potential Venus analog transiting LHS 475, an M3 dwarf located 12.5 pc from…”
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Validation of a Third Planet in the LHS 1678 System
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-06-2024)“…Abstract The nearby LHS 1678 (TOI-696) system contains two confirmed planets and a wide-orbit, likely brown-dwarf companion, which orbit an M2 dwarf with a…”
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TOI-1075 b: A Dense, Massive, Ultra-short-period Hot Super-Earth Straddling the Radius Gap
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-02-2023)“…Abstract Populating the exoplanet mass–radius diagram in order to identify the underlying relationship that governs planet composition is driving an…”
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Validating AU Microscopii d with Transit Timing Variations
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-12-2023)“…Abstract AU Mic is a young (22 Myr), nearby exoplanetary system that exhibits excess transit timing variations (TTVs) that cannot be accounted for by the two…”
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VaTEST. II. Statistical Validation of 11 TESS-detected Exoplanets Orbiting K-type Stars
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-07-2023)“…Abstract NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is an all-sky survey mission designed to find transiting exoplanets orbiting nearby bright stars…”
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HIP 33609 b: An Eccentric Brown Dwarf Transiting a V = 7.3 Rapidly Rotating B Star
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-06-2023)“…Abstract We present the discovery and characterization of HIP 33609 b, a transiting warm brown dwarf orbiting a late B star, discovered by NASA's Transiting…”
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Characterization of a Set of Small Planets with TESS and CHEOPS and an Analysis of Photometric Performance
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-03-2023)“…Abstract The radius valley carries implications for how the atmospheres of small planets form and evolve, but this feature is visible only with highly precise…”
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GJ 238 b: A 0.57 Earth Radius Planet Orbiting an M2.5 Dwarf Star at 15.2 pc
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-06-2024)“…Abstract We report the discovery of the transiting planet GJ 238 b, with a radius of 0.566 ± 0.014 R ⊕ (1.064 ± 0.026 times the radius of Mars) and an orbital…”
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A Low-mass, Pre-main-sequence Eclipsing Binary in the 40 Myr Columba Association—Fundamental Stellar Parameters and Modeling the Effect of Star Spots
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-02-2023)“…Abstract Young eclipsing binaries (EBs) are powerful probes of early stellar evolution. Current models are unable to simultaneously reproduce the measured and…”
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TESS Discovery of Twin Planets near 2:1 Resonance around Early M Dwarf TOI 4342
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-03-2023)“…Abstract With data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), we showcase improvements to the MIT Quick Look Pipeline (QLP) through the discovery…”
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Validation of TOI-1221 b: A Warm Sub-Neptune Exhibiting Transit Timing Variations around a Sun-like Star
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-05-2023)“…Abstract We present a validation of a long-period ( 91.68278 − 0.00041 + 0.00032 days) transiting sub-Neptune planet, TOI-1221 b (TIC 349095149.01), around a…”
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Separated Twins or Just Siblings? A Multiplanet System around an M Dwarf Including a Cool Sub-Neptune
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-12-2023)“…Abstract We report the discovery of two TESS sub-Neptunes orbiting the early M dwarf TOI-904 (TIC 261257684). Both exoplanets, TOI-904 b and c, were initially…”
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TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME). VI. An 11 Myr Giant Planet Transiting a Very-low-mass Star in Lower Centaurus Crux
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-04-2022)“…Abstract Mature super-Earths and sub-Neptunes are predicted to be ≃ Jovian radius when younger than 10 Myr. Thus, we expect to find 5–15 R ⊕ planets around…”
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GJ 1252 b: A 1.2 R⊕ Planet Transiting an M3 Dwarf at 20.4 pc
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-02-2020)“…We report the discovery of GJ 1252 b, a planet with a radius of 1.193 ± 0.074 R⊕ and an orbital period of 0.52 days around an M3-type star (0.381 ± 0.019 M⊕,…”
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TESS Spots a Hot Jupiter with an Inner Transiting Neptune
Published 20-03-2020“…Hot Jupiters are rarely accompanied by other planets within a factor of a few in orbital distance. Previously, only two such systems have been found. Here, we…”
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TIC 454140642: A Compact, Coplanar, Quadruple-lined Quadruple Star System Consisting of Two Eclipsing Binaries
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-08-2021)“…Abstract We report the discovery of a compact, coplanar, quadruple-lined, eclipsing quadruple star system from Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite data, TIC…”
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