WASP-47: A Hot Jupiter System with Two Additional Planets Discovered by K2
Juliette C. Becker, Andrew Vanderburg, Fred C. Adams, Saul A., Rappaport, and Hans Martin Schwengeler

TL;DR
The paper reports the discovery of two additional planets in the WASP-47 hot Jupiter system using K2 data, and demonstrates how transit timing variations can be used to confirm and characterize these planets.
Contribution
It provides the first detailed analysis of a multi-planet system with a hot Jupiter using TTVs, combining observational data with dynamical simulations.
Findings
Confirmed the existence of two additional planets via TTVs
Measured planetary masses using TTV analysis
Demonstrated the system as a benchmark for TTV-based planet detection
Abstract
Using new data from the K2 mission, we show that WASP-47, a previously known hot Jupiter host, also hosts two additional transiting planets: a Neptune-sized outer planet and a super-Earth inner companion. We measure planetary properties from the K2 light curve and detect transit timing variations, confirming the planetary nature of the outer planet. We performed a large number of numerical simulations to study the dynamical stability of the system and to find the theoretically expected transit timing variations (TTVs). The theoretically predicted TTVs are in good agreement with those observed, and we use the TTVs to determine the masses of two planets, and place a limit on the third. The WASP-47 planetary system is important because companion planets can both be inferred by TTVs and are also detected directly through transit observations. The depth of the hot Jupiter's transits make…
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