The oblique orbit of the super-Neptune HAT-P-11b

The oblique orbit of the super-Neptune HAT-P-11b

We find the orbit of the Neptune-sized exoplanet HAT-P-11b to be highly inclined relative to the equatorial plane of its host star. This conclusion is based on spectroscopic observations of two transits, which allowed the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect to be detected with an amplitude of 1.5 m s[supersc...

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Main Authors: Winn, Joshua Nathan, Johnson, John Asher, Howard, Andrew W., Marcy, Geoffrey W., Isaacson, Howard, Shopper, Avi, Bakos, Gaspar A., Hartman, Joel D., Albrecht, Simon H.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61779
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4265-047X

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