Planet Candidates from K2 Campaigns 5-8 and Follow-up Optical Spectroscopy

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Petigura, Erik A. [1 ,9 ]
Crossfield, Ian J. M. [2 ,3 ]
Isaacson, Howard [4 ]
Beichman, Charles A. [5 ]
Christiansen, Jessie L. [5 ]
Dressing, Courtney D. [1 ,4 ]
Fulton, Benjamin J. [1 ,6 ]
Howard, Andrew W. [1 ]
Kosiarek, Molly R.
Lepine, Sebastien [7 ]
Schlieder, Joshua E. [8 ]
Sinukoff, Evan [1 ,6 ]
Yee, Samuel W. [1 ]
机构
[1] CALTECH, 1200 E Calif Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[2] MIT, Dept Phys, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA USA
[3] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
[4] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Astron, 501 Campbell Hall 3411, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[5] CALTECH, NASA, Exoplanet Sci Inst, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[6] CALTECH, NASA, Infrared Proc & Anal Ctr, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[7] Univ Hawaii, Inst Astron, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
[8] Georgia State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, 25 Pk Pl NE 605, Atlanta, GA USA
[9] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
关键词
planetary systems; planets and satellites: detection; planets and satellites: fundamental parameters; stars: abundances; stars: fundamental parameters; techniques: spectroscopic; STELLAR; PHOTOMETRY; EVOLUTION; SYSTEMS; MASS;
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10.3847/1538-3881/aa9b83
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P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present 151 planet candidates orbiting 141 stars from K2 campaigns 5-8 (C5-C8), identified through a systematic search of K2 photometry. In addition, we identify 16 targets as likely eclipsing binaries, based on their light curve morphology. We obtained follow-up optical spectra of 105/141 candidate host stars and 8/16 eclipsing binaries to improve stellar properties and to identify spectroscopic binaries. Importantly, spectroscopy enables measurements of host star radii with approximate to 10% precision, compared to approximate to 40% precision when only broadband photometry is available. The improved stellar radii enable improved planet radii. Our curated catalog of planet candidates provides a starting point for future efforts to confirm and characterize K2 discoveries.
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