SYSTEM PARAMETERS, TRANSIT TIMES, AND SECONDARY ECLIPSE CONSTRAINTS OF THE EXOPLANET SYSTEMS HAT-P-4, TrES-2, TrES-3, and WASP-3 FROM THE NASAEPOXIMISSION OF OPPORTUNITY
- 20 December 2010
- journal article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 726 (2)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/726/2/94
Abstract
As part of the NASA EPOXI Mission of Opportunity, we observed seven known transiting extrasolar planet systems in order to construct time series photometry of extremely high phase coverage and precision. Here we present the results for four "hot-Jupiter systems" with near-solar stars - HAT-P-4, TrES-3, TrES-2 and WASP-3. We observe ten transits of HAT-P-4, estimating the planet radius Rp = 1.332 \pm 0.052 RJup, the stellar radius R \star = 1.602 \pm 0.061 R \odot, the inclination i = 89.67 \pm 0.30 degrees and the transit duration from first to fourth contact T = 255.6 \pm 1.9 minutes. For TrES-3, we observe seven transits, and find Rp = 1.320 \pm 0.057 RJup, R\star = 0.817 \pm 0.022 R\odot, i = 81.99 \pm 0.30 degrees and T = 81.9 \pm 1.1 minutes. We also note a long term variability in the TrES-3 light curve, which may be due to star spots. We observe nine transits of TrES-2, and find Rp = 1.169 \pm 0.034 RJup, R\star = 0.940 \pm 0.026 R\odot, i = 84.15 \pm 0.16 degrees and T = 107.3 \pm 1.1 minutes. Finally we observe eight transits of WASP-3, finding Rp = 1.385 \pm 0.060 RJup, R\star = 1.354 \pm 0.056 R\odot, i = 84.22 \pm 0.81 degrees and T = 167.3 \pm 1.3 minutes. We present refined orbital periods and times of transit for each target. We state 95% confidence upper limits on the secondary eclipse depths in our broadband visible bandpass centered on 650 nm. These limits are 0.073% for HAT-P-4, 0.062% for TrES-3, 0.16% for TrES-2 and 0.11% for WASP-3. We combine the TrES-3 secondary eclipse information with the existing published data and confirm that the atmosphere likely does not have a temperature inversion.This publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
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