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arXiv:2511.10734 (astro-ph)
[Submitted on 13 Nov 2025]

Title:TESS Investigation -- Demographics of Young Exoplanets (TI-DYE) IV: a Jovian radius planet orbiting a 34 Myr Sun-like star in the Vela association

Authors:Madyson G. Barber, Andrew W. Mann, Andrew Vanderburg, Khalid Barkaoui, Karen A. Collins, Sebastian Carrazco-Gaxiola, Phil Evans, Matthew J. Fields, Michael Gillon, Todd J. Henry, Katharine M. Hesse, Wei-Chun Jao, Emmanuel Jehin, Sydney Jenkins, Tim Johns, David R. Rodriguez, Richard P. Schwarz, William C. Storch, Cristilyn N. Watkins, Francis P. Wilkin
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Abstract:The discovery of infant (< 50 Myr), close-in (<30-day period) planets is vital in understanding the formation mechanisms that lead to the distribution of mature transiting planets as discovered by Kepler. Despite several discoveries in this age bin, the sample is still too small for a robust statistical comparison to older planets. Here we report the validation of TOI-6448 b, an 8.8 +/- 0.8 Re planet on a 14.8 day orbit. TOI-6448 was previously identified to be a likely member of Vela Population IV. We confirm the star's membership and re-derive the age of the cluster using isochrones, variability, and gyrochronology. We find the star, and thus planet, to be 34 +/- 3 Myr. Like other young planets, TOI-6448 b lands in a region of parameter space with few older planets. While just one data point, this fits with prior findings of an excess of 5-11Re planets around young stars far beyond what can be explained by reduced sensitivity at young ages. Our ongoing search of Vela, Taurus-Auriga, Sco-Cen, and Orion are expected to reveal dozens more < 50 Myr transiting planets.
Comments: Accepted for publication in Journals of the AAS
Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
Cite as: arXiv:2511.10734 [astro-ph.EP]
  (or arXiv:2511.10734v1 [astro-ph.EP] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2511.10734

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From: Madyson Barber [view email]
[v1] Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:00:02 UTC (4,267 KB)
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