MANGOS ─ II. Five new giant planets orbiting low-mass stars

Dransfield, G.; Timmermans, M.; Sebastian, D.; Rackham, B. V.; Burgasser, A.; Barkaoui, K.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Gillon, M.; Almenara, J. M.; Casewell, S. L.; Collins, K. A.; Fukui, A.; Janó Muñoz, C.; Kanodia, S.; Narita, N.; Palle, E.; Scott, M. G.; Soubkiou, A.; Stokholm, A.; Audenaert, J.; Bakos, G. Á.; Beletsky, Y.; de Beurs, Z. L.; Benkhaldoun, Z.; Burdanov, A.; Butler, R. P.; Caldwell, D.; Crane, J. D.; Davis, Y. T.; Demory, B. O.; Ducrot, E.; Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Gachaoui, M.; Hartman, J. D.; Hooton, M. J.; Jehin, E.; Mercier, S.; Murgas, F.; Murray, C.; Pedersen, P. P.; Pozuelos, F. J.; Rice, M.; Ross, G.; Shectman, S. A.; Softich, E.; Tala Pinto, M.; Vanderburg, A. M.; Villasenor, J.; de Wit, J.; Zúñiga-Fernández, S.
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Fecha de publicación:
4
2026
Número de autores
50
Número de autores del IAC
4
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0
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Descripción
Giant planets orbiting low-mass stars on short orbits present a conundrum, as in the most extreme cases their existence cannot be reconciled with current models of core accretion. Therefore, surveys dedicated to finding these rare planets have a key role to play by growing the sample to overcome small number statistics. In this work, we present MANGOS, a programme dedicated to the search for giant objects (planets, brown dwarfs, and low-mass stars) orbiting M dwarfs. We report on the discovery of five new giant planets (TOI-3288 Ab, TOI-4666 b, TOI-5007 b, TOI-5292 Ab, TOI-5916 b) first detected by TESS, and confirmed using ground-based photometry and spectroscopy. The five planets have radii in the range of 0.99─1.12 $\mathrm{R_{Jup}}$, masses between 0.49 and 1.69 $\mathrm{M_{Jup}}$, and orbital periods between 1.43 and 2.91 d. We reveal that TOI-3288 and TOI-5292 are wide binaries, and in the case of TOI-5292, we are able to characterize both stellar components. We demonstrate that the planets presented are suitable for further characterization of their obliquities and atmospheres. We detect a small but significant eccentricity for TOI-5007 b, although for this to be more robust, more observations are needed to fully sample the orbit. Finally, we reveal a correlation between stellar metallicity and planet bulk density for giant planets orbiting low-mass stars.