Journal
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 853, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaa023
Keywords
stars: individual (TRAPPIST-1); stars: late-type; stars: low-mass
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Funding
- Action de Recherche Concertee (ARC) grant
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation
- Belgian Fonds (National) de la Recherche Scientifique (FRS-FNRS) [FRFC 2.5.594.09.F]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (FNS/SNSF)
- University of Liege
- Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakesh
- European Research Council under the FP ERC grant [336480]
- ARC
- UK Science and Technology Facilities Council
- Simons Foundation [327127]
- Gruber Foundation Fellowship
- US-UK Fulbright Commission
- Swiss National Science Foundation [PP00P2-163967]
- European Research Council (ERC) [336480] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/M003035/1, ST/P006892/1, ST/P002218/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- STFC [ST/P006892/1, ST/P002218/1, ST/M003035/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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TRAPPIST-1 is an ultracool dwarf star transited by seven Earth-sized planets, for which thorough characterization of atmospheric properties, surface conditions encompassing habitability, and internal compositions is possible with current and next-generation telescopes. Accurate modeling of the star is essential to achieve this goal. We aim to obtain updated stellar parameters for TRAPPIST-1 based on new measurements and evolutionary models, compared to those used in discovery studies. We present a new measurement for the parallax of TRAPPIST-1, 82.4 +/- 0.8 mas, based on 188 epochs of observations with the TRAPPIST and Liverpool Telescopes from 2013 to 2016. This revised parallax yields an updated luminosity of L-* = (5.22 +/- 0.19) 10(-4) L-circle dot, 4, which is very close to the previous estimate but almost two times more precise. We next present an updated estimate for TRAPPIST-1 stellar mass, based on two approaches: mass from stellar evolution modeling, and empirical mass derived from dynamical masses of equivalently classified ultracool dwarfs in astrometric binaries. We combine them using a Monte-Carlo approach to derive a semi-empirical estimate for the mass of TRAPPIST-1. We also derive estimate for the radius by combining this mass with stellar density inferred from transits, as well as an estimate for the effective temperature from our revised luminosity and radius. Our final results areM(*)= 0.089 +/- 0.006M(circle dot), R-*= 0.121 +/- 0.003 R-circle dot, and T-eff = 2516 +/- 41 K. Considering the degree to which the TRAPPIST-1 system will be scrutinized in coming years, these revised and more precise stellar parameters should be considered when assessing the properties of TRAPPIST-1 planets.
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