HARPS-N and NEID radial velocities of TOI-1420

We present the discovery of TOI-1420b, an exceptionally low-density ({rho}=0.08{+/-}0.02g/cm^3^) transiting planet in a P=6.96days orbit around a late G-dwarf star. Using transit observations from TESS, LCOGT, Observatoire Prive du Mont, Whitin, Wendelstein, OAUV, Ca l'Ou, and KeplerCam, along with radial velocity observations from HARPS-N and NEID, we find that the planet has a radius of Rp=11.9{+/-}0.3R{Earth} and a mass of Mp=25.1{+/-}3.8M{Earth}. TOI-1420b is the largest known planet with a mass less than 50M{Earth}, indicating that it contains a sizeable envelope of hydrogen and helium. We determine TOI-1420b's envelope mass fraction to be f~=82_-6_^+7^% , suggesting that runaway gas accretion occurred when its core was at most four to five times the mass of the Earth. TOI-1420b is similar to the planet WASP-107b in mass, radius, density, and orbital period, so a comparison of these two systems may help reveal the origins of close-in low-density planets. With an atmospheric scale height of 1950km, a transmission spectroscopy metric of 580, and a predicted Rossiter-McLaughlin amplitude of about 17m/s, TOI-1420b is an excellent target for future atmospheric and dynamical characterization.

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Creator Yoshida S.; Vissapragada S.; Latham D.W.; Bieryla A.; Thorngren D.P.,Eastman J.D.; Lopez-Morales M.; Barkaoui K.; Beichman C.; Berlind P.,Buchave L.A.; Calkins M.L.; Ciardi D.R.; Collins K.A.; Cosentino R.,Crossfield I.J.M.; Dai F.; DiTomasso V.; Dowling N.; Esquerdo G.A.,Fores-Toribio R.; Ghedina A.; Goliguzova M.V.; Golub E.; Gonzales E.J.,Horta F.G.; Higuera J.; Hoch N.; Horne K.; Howell S.B.; Jenkins J.M.,Klusmeyer J.; Laloum D.; Lissauer J.J.; Logsdon S.E.; Malavolta L.,Matson R.A.; Matthews E.C.; McLeod K.K.; Medina J.V.; Munoz J.A.,Osborn H.P.; Safonov B.; Schlieder J.; Schmidt M.; Schweiker H.,Seager S.; Sozzetti A.; Srdoc G.; Stefansson G.; Strakhov I.A.,Striegel S.; Villasenor J.; Winn J.N.
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Publication Year 2024
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Exoplanet Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy