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Two planetary systems with transiting Earth-sized and super-Earth planets orbiting late-type dwarf stars

Diez Alonso, E.; Gonzalez Hernandez, J. I.; Suarez Gomez, S. L.; Aguado, D. S.; Gonzalez Gutierrez, C.; Suarez Mascareno, A.; Cabrera-Lavers, A.; Gonzalez-Nuevo, J.; Toledo-Padron, B.; Gracia, J.; de Cos Juez, F. J.; Rebolo, R.

MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2018
VL / 480 - BP / L1 - EP / L5
abstract
We present two new planetary systems found around cool dwarf stars with data from the K2 mission. The first system was found in K2-239 (EPIC 248545986), characterized in this work as M3.0V and observed in the 14th campaign of K2. It consists of three Earth-sized transiting planets with radii of 1.1, 1.0, and 1.1 R-circle plus, showing a compact configuration with orbital periods of 5.24, 7.78, and 10.1 d, close to 2:3:4 resonances. The second was found in K2-240 (EPIC 249801827), characterized in this work as M0.5V and observed in the 15th campaign. It consists of two transiting super-Earths with radii 2.0 and 1.8 R-circle plus and orbital periods of 6.03 and 20.5 d. The equilibrium temperatures of the atmospheres of these planets are estimated to be in the range of 380-600 K and the amplitudes of signals in transmission spectroscopy are estimated at similar to 10 ppm.

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