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MOA-2010-BLG-328LB: A sub-Neptune orbiting very late M dwarf?

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posted on 2023-05-17, 21:56 authored by Furusawa, K, Udalski, A, Sumi, T, Bennett, DP, Bond, IA, Gould, A, Jorgensen, UG, Snodgrass, C, Prester, DD, Albrow, MD, Abe, F, Botzler, CS, Chote, P, Freeman, M, Fukui, A, Harris, P, Itow, Y, Ling, CH, Masuda, K, Matsubara, Y, Miyake, N, Muraki, Y, Ohnishi, K, Rattenbury, NJ, Saito, T, Sullivan, DJ, Suzuki, D, Sweatman, WL, Tristram, PJ, Wada, K, Yock, PCM, Szymanski, MK, Soszynski, I, Kubiak, M, Poleski, R, Ulaczyk, K, Pietrzynski, G, Wyrzykowski, A, Choi, J-Y, Christie, GW, DePoy, DL, Dong, S, Drummond, J, Gaudi, BS, Han, C, Hung, L-W, Hwang, K-H, Lee, C-U, McCormick, J, Moorhouse, D, Natusch, T, Nola, M, Ofek, E, Pogge, RW, Shin, I-G, Skowron, J, Thornley, G, Yee, JC, Alsubai, KA, Bozza, V, Browne, P, Burgdorf, MJ, Novati, SC, Dodds, P, Dominik, M, Finet, F, Gerner, T, Hardis, S, Harpsoe, K, Hinse, TC, Hundertmark, M, Kains, N, Kerins, E, Liebig, C, Mancini, L, Mathiasen, M, Penny, MT, Proft, S, Rahvar, S, Ricci, D, Scarpetta, G, Schafer, S, Schonebeck, F, Southworth, J, Surdej, J, Wambsganss, J, Street, RA, Bramich, DM, Steele, IA, Tsapras, Y, Horne, K, Donatowicz, J, Sahu, KC, Bachelet, E, Batista, V, Beatty, TG, Beaulieu, J-P, Bennett, CS, Black, C, Bowens-Rubin, R, Brillant, S, Caldwell, JAR, Cassan, A, Andrew ColeAndrew Cole, Corrales, E, Coutures, C, Dieters, S, Fouque, P, Greenhill, J, Henderson, CB, Kubas, D, Marquette, J-B, Martin, R, Menzies, JW, Shappee, B, Williams, A, Wouters, D, van Saders, J, Zellem, R, Zub, M
We analyze the planetary microlensing event MOA-2010-BLG-328. The best fit yields host and planetary masses of M h = 0.11 ± 0.01 M and M p = 9.2 ± 2.2 M , corresponding to a very late M dwarf and sub-Neptune-mass planet, respectively. The system lies at D L = 0.81 ± 0.10 kpc with projected separation r = 0.92 ± 0.16 AU. Because of the host's a priori unlikely close distance, as well as the unusual nature of the system, we consider the possibility that the microlens parallax signal, which determines the host mass and distance, is actually due to xallarap (source orbital motion) that is being misinterpreted as parallax. We show a result that favors the parallax solution, even given its close host distance. We show that future high-resolution astrometric measurements could decisively resolve the remaining ambiguity of these solutions.

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Publication title

Astrophysical Journal

Volume

779

Article number

91

Number

91

Pagination

1-12

ISSN

0004-637X

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

IOP Publishing

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190 North Independence Mall West, Suite 601, Phil.

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Copyright 2013 The American Astronomical Society

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