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OGLE-2017-BLG-1434Lb: Confirmation of a cold super-Earth using Keck adaptive optics
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posted on 2023-05-20, 23:29 authored by Joshua Blackman, Jean-Philippe BeaulieuJean-Philippe Beaulieu, Andrew ColeAndrew Cole, Koshimoto, N, Vandorou, A, Bhattacharya, A, Marquette, J-B, Bennett, DPThe microlensing event OGLE-2017-BLG-1434 features a cold super-Earth planet that is 1 of 11 microlensing planets with a planet–host-star mass ratio of q < 1 × 10−4. We provide an additional mass–distance constraint on the lens host using near-infrared adaptive optics photometry from Keck/NIRC2. We are able to determine a flux excess of KL = 16.96 ± 0.11, which most likely comes entirely from the lens star. Combining this with constraints from the large Einstein ring radius, θE = 1.40 ± 0.09 mas, and OGLE parallax we confirm this event as a super-Earth with a mass of mp = 4.43 ± 0.25M⊕. This system lies at a distance of DL = 0.86 ± 0.05 kpc from Earth and the lens star has a mass of ML = 0.234 ± 0.012M⊙. We confirm that with a star–planet mass ratio of q = 0.57 × 10-4, OGLE-2017-BLG-1434 lies near the inflexion point of the planet–host mass-ratio power law.
Funding
Australian Research Council
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Publication title
The Astronomical JournalVolume
161Issue
6Article number
279Number
279Pagination
1-7ISSN
1538-3881Department/School
School of Natural SciencesPublisher
Institute of Physics Publishing, Inc.Place of publication
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