Abstract
We report eight new exoplanet candidates discovered at the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences using the transit technique. Photometric observations were performed with a 50-cm robotic telescope during the second half of 2020. Transits with depths of \(\Delta m=0\overset{\textrm{m}}{.}056{-}0\overset{\textrm{m}}{.}173\) and periods \(P=18\overset{\textrm{h}}{.}8{-}8\overset{\textrm{d}}{.}3\) were detected in \(m=14\overset{\textrm{m}}{.}3\)–\(18\overset{\textrm{m}}{.}8\) stars. All the stars considered are dwarfs with radii \(R_{*}=0.4{-}0.6R_{\odot}\) (with an uncertainty of up to \(1.1 R_{\odot}\) for a single star). We use simulations to estimate the candidate radii (all are greater than 1.4 times the Jovian radius), semi-major axes of their orbits (0.012–0.035 AU), and other orbital parameters. We report the transit light curves for two stars obtained in 2022 based on individual observations.
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This study makes use of the results from the European Space Agency (ESA) space mission Gaia. Gaia data are being processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC). This study also makes use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Exoplanet Exploration Program.
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Authors acknowledge the support of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation under the grant 075-15-2020-780 (No 13.1902.21.0039).
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Yakovlev, O.Y., Valeev, A.F., Valyavin, G.G. et al. Eight Exoplanet Candidates in SAO Survey. Astrophys. Bull. 78, 79–93 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990341323010108
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