The revised TESS input catalog and candidate target list

KG Stassun, RJ Oelkers, M Paegert… - The Astronomical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe the catalogs assembled and the algorithms used to populate the revised TESS
Input Catalog (TIC), based on the incorporation of the Gaia second data release. We also …

Gaia Data Release 3-Stellar multiplicity, a teaser for the hidden treasure

F Arenou, C Babusiaux, MA Barstow, S Faigler… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. The Gaia DR3 catalogue contains, for the first time, about 800 000 solutions with
either orbital elements or trend parameters for astrometric, spectroscopic, and eclipsing …

The effect of stellar contamination on low-resolution transmission spectroscopy: needs identified by NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program Study Analysis Group 21

BV Rackham, N Espinoza… - RAS Techniques …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Analysis Group 21 (SAG21) of NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program
Analysis Group was organized to study the effect of stellar contamination on space-based …

The TESS input catalog and candidate target list

KG Stassun, RJ Oelkers, J Pepper… - The Astronomical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will be conducting a nearly all-sky
photometric survey over two years, with a core mission goal to discover small transiting …

Weighing stars from birth to death: mass determination methods across the HRD

A Serenelli, A Weiss, C Aerts, GC Angelou… - The Astronomy and …, 2021 - Springer
The mass of a star is the most fundamental parameter for its structure, evolution, and final
fate. It is particularly important for any kind of stellar archaeology and characterization of …

A compositional link between rocky exoplanets and their host stars

V Adibekyan, C Dorn, SG Sousa, NC Santos, B Bitsch… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Stars and planets both form by accreting material from a surrounding disk. Because they
grow from the same material, theory predicts that there should be a relationship between …

Evidence for a systematic offset of− 80 μas in the Gaia DR2 parallaxes

KG Stassun, G Torres - The Astrophysical Journal, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We reprise the analysis of Stassun & Torres, comparing the parallaxes of the eclipsing
binaries reported in that paper to the parallaxes newly reported in the Gaia second data …

A guide to realistic uncertainties on the fundamental properties of solar-type exoplanet host stars

J Tayar, ZR Claytor, D Huber… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Our understanding of the properties and demographics of exoplanets critically relies on our
ability to determine the fundamental properties of their host stars. The advent of Gaia and …

Aerosol composition of hot giant exoplanets dominated by silicates and hydrocarbon hazes

P Gao, DP Thorngren, EKH Lee, JJ Fortney… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Aerosols are common in the atmospheres of exoplanets across a wide swath of
temperatures, masses and ages,–. These aerosols strongly impact observations of …

Revisited mass-radius relations for exoplanets below 120 M⊕

JF Otegi, F Bouchy, R Helled - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2020 - aanda.org
The masses and radii of exoplanets are fundamental quantities needed for their
characterisation. Studying the different populations of exoplanets is important for …