RMxAA

Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica

ISSN: 3061-8649
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Keywords

methods: statistical
planetary systems
stars: flare
techniques: photometric
techniques: spectroscopic

How to Cite

A Pulsating Flare Star in the New Planetary System: KOI-258. (2021). Revista Mexicana De Astronomía Y Astrofísica, 57(1), 39-55. https://doi.org/10.22201/ia.01851101p.2021.57.01.02

Abstract

We present findings about the nature of KOI-258. Its temperature was found to be 6500 ± 200 K from its spectrum, which also indicates that the target is a single main sequence star despite the existence of a radial velocity variation with a small amplitude. Ca II H, K lines indicate the existence of magnetic activity, though there is no remarkable excess or variation in the Hα line. We found 51 flares with a frequency of 0.00186 h-1, whose plateau value is 0.659 s. Apart from the flares, we found 420 frequencies due to solar-like oscillations at out-of-eclipses. Removing these 420 frequencies, we demonstrated three different transits caused by three exo-planets. Their radii were found to be 2.33 R for the first planet, 0.53 R for the second one, and 1.15 R for the third planet. Consequently, KOI-258 is an oscillating, single, main sequence star, with in a planetary system and remarkable flare activity.
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