A SMALLER RADIUS FOR THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET WASP-10b
We present the photometry of WASP-10 during a transit of its short-period Jovian planet. We employed the novel point-spread function shaping capabilities of the Orthogonal Parallel Transfer Imaging Camera mounted on the UH 2.2 m telescope to achieve a photometric precision of 4.7 × 10[superscript –4...
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| description | We present the photometry of WASP-10 during a transit of its short-period Jovian planet. We employed the novel point-spread function shaping capabilities of the Orthogonal Parallel Transfer Imaging Camera mounted on the UH 2.2 m telescope to achieve a photometric precision of 4.7 × 10[superscript –4] per 1.3 minute sample. With this new light curve, in conjunction with stellar evolutionary models, we improve on existing measurements of the planetary, stellar, and orbital parameters. We find a stellar radius R sstarf = 0.698 ± 0.012 R sun and a planetary radius RP = 1.080 ± 0.020 R Jup. The quoted errors do not include any possible systematic errors in the stellar evolutionary models. Our measurement improves the precision of the planet's radius by a factor of 4, and revises the previous estimate downward by 16% (2.5σ, where σ is the quadrature sum of the respective confidence limits). Our measured radius of WASP-10b is consistent with previously published theoretical radii for irradiated Jovian planets. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/518982022-10-03T09:18:49Z A SMALLER RADIUS FOR THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET WASP-10b Johnson, John Asher Winn, Joshua Nathan Cabrera, Nicole E. Carter, Joshua Adam Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Winn, Joshua Nathan Winn, Joshua Nathan Carter, Joshua Adam We present the photometry of WASP-10 during a transit of its short-period Jovian planet. We employed the novel point-spread function shaping capabilities of the Orthogonal Parallel Transfer Imaging Camera mounted on the UH 2.2 m telescope to achieve a photometric precision of 4.7 × 10[superscript –4] per 1.3 minute sample. With this new light curve, in conjunction with stellar evolutionary models, we improve on existing measurements of the planetary, stellar, and orbital parameters. We find a stellar radius R sstarf = 0.698 ± 0.012 R sun and a planetary radius RP = 1.080 ± 0.020 R Jup. The quoted errors do not include any possible systematic errors in the stellar evolutionary models. Our measurement improves the precision of the planet's radius by a factor of 4, and revises the previous estimate downward by 16% (2.5σ, where σ is the quadrature sum of the respective confidence limits). Our measured radius of WASP-10b is consistent with previously published theoretical radii for irradiated Jovian planets. 2010-03-02T19:58:51Z 2010-03-02T19:58:51Z 2009-02 2008-10 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/SubmittedJournalArticle http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51898 A Smaller Radius for the Transiting Exoplanet WASP-10b John Asher Johnson, Joshua N. Winn, Nicole E. Cabrera, and Joshua A. Carter 2009 ApJ 692 L100-L104 doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/692/2/L100 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4265-047X en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/692/2/l100 Astrophysical Journal. Letters Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Astronomical Society Josh Winn |
| spellingShingle | Johnson, John Asher Winn, Joshua Nathan Cabrera, Nicole E. Carter, Joshua Adam A SMALLER RADIUS FOR THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET WASP-10b |
| title | A SMALLER RADIUS FOR THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET WASP-10b |
| title_full | A SMALLER RADIUS FOR THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET WASP-10b |
| title_fullStr | A SMALLER RADIUS FOR THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET WASP-10b |
| title_full_unstemmed | A SMALLER RADIUS FOR THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET WASP-10b |
| title_short | A SMALLER RADIUS FOR THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET WASP-10b |
| title_sort | smaller radius for the transiting exoplanet wasp 10b |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51898 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4265-047X |
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