HAT-P-7: A RETROGRADE OR POLAR ORBIT, AND A THIRD BODY

We show that the exoplanet HAT-P-7b has an extremely tilted orbit, with a true angle of at least 86° with respect to its parent star's equatorial plane, and a strong possibility of retrograde motion. We also report evidence for an additional planet or companion star. The evidence for the unpara...

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Main Authors: Winn, Joshua Nathan, Johnson, John Asher, Albrecht, Simon H., Howard, Andrew W., Marcy, Geoffrey W., Crossfield, Ian J., Holman, Matthew J.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Astronomical Society 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52004
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4265-047X