The Oblique Orbit of WASP-107b from K2 Photometry

Observations of nine transits of WASP-107 during the K2 mission reveal three separate occasions when the planet crossed in front of a starspot. The data confirm the stellar rotation period to be 17 days - approximately three times the planet's orbital period - and suggest that large spots persi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Winn, Joshua N., Dai, Fei
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Published: American Astronomical Society 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112255
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8958-0683