In-transit sp. and phot. obs. of TOI-2076b

TOI-2076 b is a sub-Neptune-sized planet (R=2.39+/-0.10R_{Earth}) that transits a young (204+/-50MYr) bright (V=9.2) K-dwarf hosting a system of three transiting planets. Using spectroscopic observations obtained with the NEID spectrograph on the WIYN 3.5m Telescope, we model the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect of TOI-2076 b, and derive a sky-projected obliquity of {lambda}=-3-15_^+16^{deg}. Using the size of the star (R=0.775+/-0.015R_{sun}), and the stellar rotation period (P_rot=7.27+/-0.23days), we estimate an obliquity of psi=18_-9_^+10^{deg} ({psi}<34{deg} at 95% confidence), demonstrating that TOI-2076 b is in a well-aligned orbit. Simultaneous diffuser-assisted photometry from the 3.5m telescope at Apache Point Observatory rules out flares during the transit. TOI-2076 b joins a small but growing sample of young planets in compact multi-planet systems with well-aligned orbits, and is the fourth planet with an age <~300Myr in a multi-transiting system with an obliquity measurement. The low obliquity of TOI-2076 b and the presence of transit timing variations in the system suggest the TOI-2076 system likely formed via convergent disk migration in an initially well-aligned disk.

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Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/944/L41
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Creator Frazier R.C.; Stefansson G.; Mahadevan S.; Yee S.W.; Canas C.I.,Winn J.N.; Luhn J.; Dai F.; Doyle L.; Cegla H.; Kanodia S.; Robertson P.,Wisniewski J.; Bender C.F.; Dong J.; Gupta A.F.; Halverson S.; Hawley S.,Hebb L.; Holcomb R.; Kowalski A.; Libby-Roberts J.; Lin A.S.J.,McElwain M.W.; Ninan J.P.; Petrovich C.; Roy A.; Schwab C.; Terrien R.C.,Wright J.T.
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Publication Year 2025
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Exoplanet Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics