Bibcode
Rebolo, R.; de Cos Juez, F. J.; Toledo-Padrón, B.; Velasco, S.; González Gutiérrez, C.; Suárez Mascareño, A.; González Hernández, J. I.; Suárez Gómez, S. L.; Díez Alonso, E.
Bibliographical reference
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 476, Issue 1, p.L50-L54
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2018
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14
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Description
We present the detection of three super-Earths transiting the cool star
LP415-17, monitored by K2 mission in its 13th campaign. High-resolution
spectra obtained with High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet
Searcher-North/Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (HARPS-N/TNG) showed that
the star is a mid-late K dwarf. Using spectral synthesis models, we
infer its effective temperature, surface gravity, and metallicity, and
subsequently determined from evolutionary models a stellar radius of
0.58 R⊙. The planets have radii of 1.8, 2.6, and 1.9
R⊕ and orbital periods of 6.34, 13.85, and 40.72 d.
High-resolution images discard any significant contamination by an
intervening star in the line of sight. The orbit of the furthest planet
has radius of 0.18 au, close to the inner edge of the habitable zone.
The system is suitable to improve our understanding of formation and
dynamical evolution of super-Earth systems in the rocky-gaseous
threshold, their atmospheres, internal structure, composition, and
interactions with host stars.