Radial velocity (RV) measurements of transiting multiplanet systems allow us to understand the densities and compositions of planets unlike those in the solar system. Kepler-102, which consists of five tightly packed transiting planets, is a particularly interesting system since it includes a super-Earth (Kepler-102d) and a sub-Neptune-sized planet (Kepler-102e) for which masses can be measured using RVs. Previous work found a high density for Kepler-102d, suggesting a composition similar to that of Mercury, while Kepler-102e was found to have a density typical of sub-Neptune size planets; however, Kepler-102 is an active star, which can interfere with RV mass measurements. To better measure the mass of these two planets, we obtained 111 new RVs using Keck/HIRES and Telescopio Nazionale Galileo/HARPS-N and modeled Kepler-102's activity using quasiperiodic Gaussian process regression. For Kepler-102d, we report a mass upper limit
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10269424
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
- Volume:
- 502
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 1745-3925
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- L110 to L114
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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