Stability of planetary, single M dwarf, and binary star companions to Kepler detached eclipsing binaries and a possible five-body system

A. K. Getley*, B. Carter, R. King, S. O'Toole

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Abstract

In this study, we identify 11 Kepler systems (KIC 5255552, 5653126, 5731312, 7670617, 7821010, 8023317, 10268809, 10296163, 11519226, 11558882, and 12356914) with a flip-flop effect in the eclipse timing variations O - C diagrams of the systems, report on what these systems have in common and whether these systems are dynamically stable. These systems have previously reported high eccentric binary stars with highly eccentric third bodies/outer companions. We find that all of the additional bodies in the system are dynamically stable for the configurations previously reported and are therefore likely to exist as described. We also provide additional evidence of KIC 5255552 being a quadruple star system composed of an eclipsing binary pair and non-eclipsing binary pair with the possibility of a fifth body in the system. With the advent of the NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) exoplanet survey, its precision photometric monitoring offers an opportunity to help confirm more local eclipsing binary star companions, including planets.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4356-4364
Number of pages9
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume498
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2020

Bibliographical note

This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 498, Issue 3, November 2020, Pages 4356–4364, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2532. Copyright 2020 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • binaries: eclipsing

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