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Dai, F.; Winn, Joshua N.; Albrecht, Simon; Arriagada, Pamela; Bieryla, Allyson; Butler, R. Paul; Crane, Jeffrey D.; Hirano, Teriyaki; Johnson, John Asher; Kiilerich, Amanda; Latham, David W.; Narita, Norio; Nowak, G.; Palle, E.; Ribas, Ignasi; Rogers, Leslie A.; Sanchis-Ojeda, Roberto; Shectman, Stephen A.; Teske, Johanna K.; Thompson, Ian B.; Van Eylen, Vincent; Vanderburg, Andrew; Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Yu, Liang
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The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 823, Issue 2, article id. 115, pp. (2016).
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In an effort to measure the masses of planets discovered by the NASA K2
mission, we have conducted precise Doppler observations of five stars
with transiting planets. We present the results of a joint analysis of
these new data and previously published Doppler data. The first star, an
M dwarf known as K2-3 or EPIC 201367065, has three transiting planets
(“b,” with radius 2.1 {R}\oplus ;
“c,” 1.7 {R}\oplus ; and “d,” 1.5
{R}\oplus ). Our analysis leads to the mass constraints:
{M}b={8.1}-1.9+2.0 {M}\oplus
and M c < 4.2 M ⊕ (95%
confidence). The mass of planet d is poorly constrained because its
orbital period is close to the stellar rotation period, making it
difficult to disentangle the planetary signal from spurious Doppler
shifts due to stellar activity. The second star, a G dwarf known as
K2-19 or EPIC 201505350, has two planets (“b,” 7.7 R
⊕ and “c,” 4.9 R ⊕) in a
3:2 mean-motion resonance, as well as a shorter-period planet
(“d,” 1.1 R ⊕). We find M b =
{28.5}-5.0+5.4 {M}\oplus , M c
= {25.6}-7.1+7.1 {M}\oplus and
M d < 14.0 M ⊕ (95% conf.). The third
star, a G dwarf known as K2-24 or EPIC 203771098, hosts two transiting
planets (“b,” 5.7 R ⊕ and “c,”
7.8 R ⊕) with orbital periods in a nearly 2:1 ratio. We
find M b = {19.8}-4.4+4.5
{M}\oplus and M c =
{26.0}-6.1+5.8 {M}\oplus . The fourth
star, a G dwarf known as EPIC 204129699, hosts a hot Jupiter for which
we measured the mass to be {1.857}-0.081+0.081
{M}{Jup}. The fifth star, a G dwarf known as EPIC 205071984,
contains three transiting planets (“b,” 5.4 R
⊕ “c,” 3.5 R ⊕ and
“d,” 3.8 R ⊕), the outer two of which have
a nearly 2:1 period ratio. We find M b =
{21.1}-5.9+5.9 {M}\oplus , M c
< 8.1 {M}\oplus (95% conf.) and M d
< 35 M ⊕ (95% conf.).