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A 38 Million Year Old Neptune-sized Planet in the Kepler Field

  • Authors: L. G. Bouma, J. L. Curtis, K. Masuda, L. A. Hillenbrand, G. Stefansson, H. Isaacson, N. Narita, A. Fukui, M. Ikoma, M. Tamura, A. L. Kraus, E. Furlan, C. L. Gnilka, K. V. Lester, S. B. Howell

L. G. Bouma et al 2022 The Astronomical Journal 163 .

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The δ Lyr cluster is ﹩{38}_{-5}^{+6}﹩ Myr old. Top: color−absolute magnitude diagram of candidate δ Lyr cluster members, in addition to stars in IC 2602 (≈38 Myr), the Pleiades (≈115 Myr), and the Gaia EDR3 Catalog of Nearby Stars (gray background). The zoomed right panel highlights the pre-main sequence. The δ Lyr cluster and IC 2602 are approximately the same isochronal age. Bottom: TESS and Kepler stellar rotation period vs. dereddened Gaia color, with the Pleiades and Praesepe (650 Myr) shown for reference (Rebull et al. 2016; Douglas et al. 2017). Most candidate δ Lyr cluster members are gyrochronally younger than the Pleiades; outliers are probably field interlopers.

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