Characterising transiting exoplanets at long orbital period: lessons learned for PLATO from 10 years of monitoring the HIP41378 system

Abstract

The upcoming launch of the PLATO mission will open a new area of exoplanetary research by probing transiting exoplanets at long orbital periods around bright stars. These planets will be amenable to follow-up observations, especially with the ESO telescopes as the first PLATO field is in the southern sky. In this paper we listed the lessons we learned by monitoring the bright HIP41378 multi-planetary system over one decade via both radial-velocity and transit observations. These lessons are important for the follow-up strategy of PLATO transiting exoplanets.