MOA-2020-BLG-208Lb: Cool Sub-Saturn-mass Planet within Predicted Desert

Greg Olmschenk, David P. Bennett, Ian A. Bond, Weicheng Zang, Youn Kil Jung, Jennifer C. Yee, Etienne Bachelet, Fumio Abe, Richard K. Barry, Aparna Bhattacharya, Hirosane Fujii, Akihiko Fukui, Yuki Hirao, Stela Ishitani Silva, Yoshitaka Itow, Rintaro Kirikawa, Iona Kondo, Naoki Koshimoto, Yutaka Matsubara, Sho MatsumotoShota Miyazaki, Brandon Munford, Yasushi Muraki, Arisa Okamura, Clément Ranc, Nicholas J. Rattenbury, Yuki Satoh, Takahiro Sumi, Daisuke Suzuki, Taiga Toda, Paul J. Tristram, Aikaterini Vandorou, Hibiki Yama, Michael D. Albrow, Sang Mok Cha, Sun Ju Chung, Andrew Gould, Cheongho Han, Kyu Ha Hwang, Dong Jin Kim, Hyoun Woo Kim, Seung Lee Kim, Chung Uk Lee, Dong Joo Lee, Yongseok Lee, Byeong Gon Park, Richard W. Pogge, Yoon Hyun Ryu, In Gu Shin, Yossi Shvartzvald, Grant Christie, Tony Cooper, John Drummond, Jonathan Green, Steve Hennerley, Jennie McCormick, L. A.G. Monard, Tim Natusch, Ian Porritt, Thiam Guan Tan, Shude Mao, Dan Maoz, Matthew T. Penny, Wei Zhu, V. Bozza, Arnaud Cassan, Martin Dominik, Markus Hundertmark, R. Figuera Jaimes, K. Kruszyńska, K. A. Rybicki, R. A. Street, Y. Tsapras, Joachim Wambsganss, Wyrzykowski, P. Zieliński, Gioia Rau

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Abstract

We analyze the MOA-2020-BLG-208 gravitational microlensing event and present the discovery and characterization of a new planet, MOA-2020-BLG-208Lb, with an estimated sub-Saturn mass. With a mass ratio q=3.17-0.26+0.28×10-4, the planet lies near the peak of the mass-ratio function derived by the MOA collaboration and near the edge of expected sample sensitivity. For these estimates we provide results using two mass-law priors: one assuming that all stars have an equal planet-hosting probability, and the other assuming that planets are more likely to orbit around more massive stars. In the first scenario, we estimate that the lens system is likely to be a planet of mass mplanet=46-24+42M⊕ and a host star of mass Mhost=0.43-0.23+0.39M⊙, located at a distance DL=7.49-1.13+0.99kpc . For the second scenario, we estimate mplanet=69-34+37M⊕, Mhost=0.66-0.32+0.35M⊙, and DL=7.81-0.93+0.93kpc . The planet has a projected separation as a fraction of the Einstein ring radius s=1.3807-0.0018+0.0018 . As a cool sub-Saturn-mass planet, this planet adds to a growing collection of evidence for revised planetary formation models.

Original languageEnglish
Article number175
JournalAstronomical Journal
Volume165
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2023

Funding

FundersFunder number
ANR-18-CE31-0002
National Aeronautics and Space Administration80NSSC19K0291
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Bloom's Syndrome Foundation2020740
Bloom's Syndrome Foundation
California Department of Fish and GameTS 356/3-1
California Department of Fish and Game
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
National Natural Science Foundation of China12133005, CMS-CSST-2021-A11, AST-2108414
National Natural Science Foundation of China
National Research Foundation of Korea2020R1A4A2002885, 2019R1A2C2085965
National Research Foundation of Korea
Narodowe Centrum Nauki2017/27/L/ST9/03221, 2018/30/M/ST9/00311
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
Ministerstwo Edukacji i NaukiDIR/WK/2018/12
Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki
Horizon 2020101004719
Horizon 2020

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