Radial velocity observations of a binary star system have led to the discovery of a gas-giant circumbinary planet, BEBOP-1 c, which is 65 times more massive than Earth, with an orbital period of 215.5 days. The binary system also hosts a smaller, inner transiting planet, TOI-1338 b, making this system a rare multi-planet circumbinary system.
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This is a summary of: Standing, M. R. et al. Radial-velocity discovery of a second planet in the TOI-1338/BEBOP-1 circumbinary system. Nat. Astron. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-01948-4 (2023).
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Detecting a planet orbiting a binary system using radial velocity data. Nat Astron 7, 653–654 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-01949-3
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