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Hot Planets Around Cool Stars – Two Short-Period Mini-Neptunes Transiting The Late K-Dwarf Toi-1260, I. Y. Georgieva, C. M. Persson, O. Barragán, G. Nowak, M. Fridlund, D. Locci, E. Palle, R. Luque, I. Carleo, D. Gandolfi, S. R. Kane, J. Korth, K. G. Stassun, J. Livingston, E. C. Matthews, K. A. Collins, S. B. Howell, L. M. Serrano, S. Albrecht, A. Bieryla, C. E. Brasseur, D. Ciardi, W. D. Cochran, K. D. Colon, I. J. M. Crossfield, S. Csizmadia, H. J. Deeg, M. Esposito, E. Furlan, T. Gan, E. Goffo, E. Gonzales, S. Grziwa, E. W. Guenther, P. Guerra, T. Hirano, J. M. Jenkins, Eric L.N. Jensen, P. Kabáth, E. Knudstrup, K. W. F. Lam, D. W. Latham, A. M. Levine, R. A. Matson, S. Mcdermott, H. L. M. Osborne, M. Paegert, S. N. Quinn, S. Redfield, G. R. Ricker, J. E. Schlieder, N. J. Scott, S. Seager, A. M. S. Smith, P. Tenenbaum, J. D. Twicken, R. Vanderspek, V. Van Eylen, J. N. Winn

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We present the discovery and characterization of two sub-Neptunes in close orbits, as well as a tentative outer planet of a similar size, orbiting TOI-1260 – a low metallicity K6 Vdwarf star. Photometry from TESS yields radii of Rb = 2.33 ± 0.10 R⊕ and Rc = 2.82 ± 0.15 R⊕, and periods of 3.13 and 7.49 days for TOI-1260 b and TOI-1260 c, respectively. We combined the TESS data with a series of ground-based follow-up observations to characterize the planetary system. From HARPS-N high-precision radial velocities we obtain Mb =8.6+1.4−1.5 M⊕ and Mc =11.8+3.4−3.2 M⊕. The star is moderately …