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arxiv: 1512.03855 · v1 · pith:VLQIET2Bnew · submitted 2015-12-12 · 🌌 astro-ph.EP

Probable Spin-Orbit Aligned Super-Earth Planet Candidate KOI-2138.01

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We use rotational gravity darkening in the disk of \emph{Kepler} star KOI-2138 to show that the orbit of $2.1-R_\oplus$ transiting planet candidate KOI-2138.01 has a low projected spin-orbit alignment of $\lambda=1^\circ\pm13$. KOI-2138.01 is just the second super-Earth with a measured spin-orbit alignment after 55 Cancri e, and the first to be aligned. With a 23.55-day orbital period, KOI-2138.01 may represent the tip of a future iceberg of solar-system-like terrestrial planets having intermediate periods and low-inclination circular orbits.

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