The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG: IV. A planetary system around XO-2S⋆⋆⋆

Desidera, S.; Bonomo, A. S.; Claudi, R. U.; Damasso, M.; Biazzo, K.; Sozzetti, A.; Marzari, F.; Benatti, S.; Gandolfi, D.; Gratton, R.; Lanza, A. F.; Nascimbeni, V.; Andreuzzi, G.; Affer, L.; Barbieri, M.; Bedin, L. R.; Bignamini, A.; Bonavita, M.; Borsa, F.; Calcidese, P.; Christille, J. M.; Cosentino, R.; Covino, E.; Esposito, M.; Giacobbe, P.; Harutyunyan, A.; Latham, D.; Lattanzi, M.; Leto, G.; Lodato, G.; Lovis, C.; Maggio, A.; Malavolta, L.; Mancini, L.; Martinez Fiorenzano, A. F.; Micela, G.; Molinari, E.; Mordasini, C.; Munari, U.; Pagano, I.; Pedani, M.; Pepe, F.; Piotto, G.; Poretti, E.; Rainer, M.; Ribas, I.; Santos, N. C.; Scandariato, G.; Silvotti, R.; Southworth, J.; Zanmar Sanchez, R.

Abstract

We performed an intensive radial velocity monitoring of XO-2S, the wide companion of the transiting planet-host XO-2N, using HARPS-N at TNG in the framework of the GAPS programme. The radial velocity measurements indicate the presence of a new planetary system formed by a planet that is slightly more massive than Jupiter at 0.48 au and a Saturn-mass planet at 0.13 au. Both planetary orbits are moderately eccentric and were found to be dynamically stable. There are also indications of a long-term trend in the radial velocities. This is the first confirmed case of a wide binary whose components both host planets, one of which is transiting, which makes the XO-2 system a unique laboratory for understanding the diversity of planetary systems.

Citation

Desidera, S., Bonomo, A. S., Claudi, R. U., Damasso, M., Biazzo, K., Sozzetti, A., …Zanmar Sanchez, R. (2014). The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG: IV. A planetary system around XO-2S⋆⋆⋆. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 567, Article L6. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424339

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 28, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Jul 21, 2014
• Publication Date: 2014-07
• Deposit Date: Jun 16, 2023
• Journal: Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Print ISSN: 0004-6361
• Electronic ISSN: 1432-0746
• Publisher: EDP Sciences
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 567
• Article Number: L6
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424339
• Keywords: Space and Planetary Science; Astronomy and Astrophysics; techniques: radial velocities; planetary systems; stars: individual: XO-2S; stars: individual: XO-2N