TESS Discovery of a Transiting Super-Earth in the pi Mensae System
We report the detection of a transiting planet around π Men (HD 39091), using data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The solar-type host star is unusually bright (V = 5.7) and was already known to host a Jovian planet on a highly eccentric, 5.7 yr orbit. The newly discovered planet has a size of 2.04 ± 0.05 R ⊕ and an orbital
Huang, Chelsea X. et al.
Fecha de publicación:
12
2018