Abstract
Warm Jupiters are close-in giant planets with relatively large planet-star separations (i.e., 10 < a/R⋆ < 100). Given their weak tidal interactions with their host stars, measurements of stellar obliquity may be used to probe the initial obliquity distribution and dynamical history for close-in gas giants. Using spectroscopic observations, we confirm the planetary nature of TOI-1859b and determine the stellar obliquity of TOI-1859 to be λ = 38.9−2.7+2.8° relative to its planetary companion using the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect. TOI-1859b is a 64 day warm Jupiter orbiting around a late F dwarf and has an orbital eccentricity of 0.57−0.16+0.12 inferred purely from transit light curves. The eccentric and misaligned orbit of TOI-1859b is likely an outcome of dynamical interactions, such as planet-planet scattering and planet-disk resonance crossing.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | L29 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-12 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Astrophysical Journal Letters |
| Volume | 951 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 7 Jul 2023 |