- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/829/L9
- Title:
- K2 LC of HD 3167 and Robo-AO image
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/829/L9
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the discovery of two super-Earth-sized planets transiting the bright (V=8.94, K=7.07) nearby late G-dwarf HD 3167, using data collected by the K2 mission. The inner planet, HD 3167 b, has a radius of 1.6R_{Earth}_ and an ultra-short orbital period of only 0.96d. The outer planet, HD 3167 c, has a radius of 2.9R_{Earth}_ and orbits its host star every 29.85 days. At a distance of just 45.8+/-2.2pc, HD3167 is one of the closest and brightest stars hosting multiple transiting planets, making HD 3167 b and c well suited for follow-up observations. The star is chromospherically inactive with low rotational line-broadening, ideal for radial velocity observations to measure the planets' masses. The outer planet is large enough that it likely has a thick gaseous envelope that could be studied via transmission spectroscopy. Planets transiting bright, nearby stars like HD 3167 are valuable objects to study leading up to the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/707/1707
- Title:
- Ks-band light curve of CoRoT-1b
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/707/1707
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the detection in Ks-band of the secondary eclipse of the hot Jupiter CoRoT-1b from time series photometry with the ARC 3.5m telescope at Apache Point Observatory. The eclipse shows a depth of 0.336+/-0.042% and is centered at phase 0.5022^+0.0023^_-0.0027_, consistent with a zero eccentricity orbit (e*cos{omega}=0.0035^+0.0036^_-0.0042_). We perform the first optical to near-infrared multi-band photometric analysis of an exoplanet's atmosphere and constrain the reflected and thermal emissions by combining our result with the recent 0.6, 0.71, and 2.09um secondary eclipse detections by Snellen et al. (2009Natur.459..543S), Gillon et al. (2009, J/A+A/506/359), and Alonso et al. (2009A&A...501L..23A). Comparing the multi-wavelength detections to state-of-the-art radiative-convective chemical-equilibrium atmosphere models, we find the near-infrared fluxes difficult to reproduce. The closest blackbody-based and physical models provide the following atmosphere parameters: a temperature T=2460^+80^_-160_K; a very low Bond albedo A_B_=0.000^+0.081^_-0.000_; and an energy redistribution parameter P_n_=0.1, indicating a small but nonzero amount of heat transfer from the day to nightside. The best physical model suggests a thermal inversion layer with an extra optical absorber of opacity {kappa}_e_=0.05cm^2^/g, placed near the 0.1 bar atmospheric pressure level. This inversion layer is located 10 times deeper in the atmosphere than the absorbers used in models to fit mid-infrared Spitzer detections of other irradiated hot Jupiters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/550/A54
- Title:
- Ks-band observations of WASP-33b
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/550/A54
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In recent years, day-side emission from about a dozen hot Jupiters has been detected through ground-based secondary eclipse observations in the near-infrared. These near-infrared observations are vital for determining the energy budgets of hot Jupiters, since they probe the planet-spectral energy distribution near its peak. The aim of this work is to measure the Ks -band secondary eclipse depth of WASP-33b, the first planet discovered to transit an A-type star. This planet receives the highest level of irradiation of all transiting planets discovered to date. Furthermore, its host-star shows pulsations and is classified as a low-amplitude delta-Scuti. As part of our GROUnd-based Secondary Eclipse (GROUSE) project we have obtained observations of two separate secondary eclipses of WASP-33b in the Ks-band using the LIRIS instrument on the William Herschel Telescope (WHT). The telescope was significantly defocused to avoid saturation of the detector for this bright star (K~7.5). To increase the stability and the cadence of the observations, they were performed in staring mode. We collected a total of 5100 and 6900 frames for the first and the second night respectively, both with an average cadence of 3.3 seconds. On the second night the eclipse is detected at the 12-sigma level, with a measured eclipse depth of 0.244_-020_^+0.027^%. This eclipse depth corresponds to a brightness temperature of 3270_-160^+115^K. The measured brightness temperature on the second night is consistent with the expected equilibrium temperature for a planet with a very low albedo and a rapid re-radiation of the absorbed stellar light. For the other night the short out-of-eclipse baseline prevents good corrections for the stellar pulsations and systematic effects, which makes this dataset unreliable for eclipse depth measurements. This demonstrates the need of getting a sufficient out-of-eclipse baseline.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/809/42
- Title:
- LC and RV data of PTFO 8-8695 T-Tauri star
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/809/42
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present Spitzer 4.5{mu}m light curve observations, Keck NIRSPEC radial velocity observations, and LCOGT optical light curve observations of PTFO 8-8695, which may host a Jupiter-sized planet in a very short orbital period (0.45 days). Previous work by van Eyken et al. (2012ApJ...755...42V) and Barnes et al. (2013ApJ...774...53B) predicts that the stellar rotation axis and the planetary orbital plane should precess with a period of 300-600 days. As a consequence, the observed transits should change shape and depth, disappear, and reappear with the precession. Our observations indicate the long-term presence of the transit events (>3 years), and that the transits indeed do change depth, disappear and reappear. The Spitzer observations and the NIRSPEC radial velocity observations (with contemporaneous LCOGT optical light curve data) are consistent with the predicted transit times and depths for the M*=0.34M_{sun}_ precession model and demonstrate the disappearance of the transits. An LCOGT optical light curve shows that the transits do reappear approximately 1 year later. The observed transits occur at the times predicted by a straight-forward propagation of the transit ephemeris. The precession model correctly predicts the depth and time of the Spitzer transit and the lack of a transit at the time of the NIRSPEC radial velocity observations. However, the precession model predicts the return of the transits approximately 1 month later than observed by LCOGT. Overall, the data are suggestive that the planetary interpretation of the observed transit events may indeed be correct, but the precession model and data are currently insufficient to confirm firmly the planetary status of PTFO 8-8695b.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/754/136
- Title:
- Light curves of HD 149026b in 3.6-16um
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/754/136
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The dayside of HD 149026b is near the edge of detectability by the Spitzer Space Telescope. We report on 11 secondary-eclipse events at 3.6, 4.5, 3x5.8, 4x8.0, and 2x16{mu}m plus three primary-transit events at 8.0{mu}m. The eclipse depths from jointly fit models at each wavelength are 0.040%+/-0.003% at 3.6{mu}m, 0.034%+/-0.006% at 4.5{mu}m, 0.044%+/-0.010% at 5.8{mu}m, 0.052%+/-0.006% at 8.0{mu}m, and 0.085%+/-0.032% at 16{mu}m. Multiple observations at the longer wavelengths improved eclipse-depth signal-to-noise ratios by up to a factor of two and improved estimates of the planet-to-star radius ratio (R_p_/R_{sstarf}_=0.0518+/-0.0006). We also identify no significant deviations from a circular orbit and, using this model, report an improved period of 2.8758916+/-0.0000014 days. Chemical-equilibrium models find no indication of a temperature inversion in the dayside atmosphere of HD 149026b. Our best-fit model favors large amounts of CO and CO_2_, moderate heat redistribution (f=0.5), and a strongly enhanced metallicity. These analyses use BiLinearly-Interpolated Subpixel Sensitivity (BLISS) mapping, a new technique to model two position-dependent systematics (intrapixel variability and pixelation) by mapping the pixel surface at high resolution. BLISS mapping outperforms previous methods in both speed and goodness of fit. We also present an orthogonalization technique for linearly correlated parameters that accelerates the convergence of Markov chains that employ the Metropolis random walk sampler.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/521/A19
- Title:
- 21 Lutetia UBVRI light curves
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/521/A19
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Asteroid 21 Lutetia is the second target of the Rosetta space mission. Extensive pre-encounter, space-, and ground-based observations are being performed to prepare for the flyby in July 2010. The aim of this article is to accurately characterize the photometric properties of this asteroid over a broad spectral range from the ultraviolet to the near-infrared and to search for evidence of surface inhomogeneities.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/599/A29
- Title:
- MIR brightness contrast of Saturn's rings
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/599/A29
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- To investigate the mid-infrared (MIR) characteristics of Saturn's rings. We collected and analyzed MIR high spatial resolution images of Saturn's rings obtained in January 2008 and April 2005 with COMICS mounted on Subaru Telescope, and investigated the spatial variation in the surface brightness of the rings in multiple bands in the MIR. We also composed the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of the C, B, and A rings and the Cassini Division, and estimated the temperatures of the rings from the SEDs assuming the optical depths. We find that the C ring and the Cassini Division were warmer than the B and A rings in 2008, which could be accounted for by their lower albedos, lower optical depths, and smaller self-shadowing effect. We also find that the C ring and the Cassini Division were considerably brighter than the B and A rings in the MIR in 2008 and the radial contrast of the ring brightness is the inverse of that in 2005, which is interpreted as a result of a seasonal effect with changing elevations of the sun and observer above the ring plane.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/564/A6
- Title:
- Near-infrared emission from the dayside of WASP-5b
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/564/A6
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- WASP-5b is a highly irradiated dense hot Jupiter orbiting a G4V star every 1.6 days. We observed two secondary eclipses of WASP-5b in the J, H and K bands simultaneously. Thermal emission of WASP-5b is detected in the J and K bands. The retrieved planet-to-star flux ratios in the J and K bands are 0.168 +0.050/-0.052% and 0.269+/-0.062%, corresponding to brightness temperatures of 2996 +212/-261K and 2890 +246/-269K, respectively. No thermal emission is detected in the H band, with a 3-sigma upper limit of 0.166%, corresponding to a maximum temperature of 2779K. On the whole, our J, H, K results can be explained by a roughly isothermal temperature profile of ~2700K in the deep layers of the planetary dayside atmosphere that are probed at these wavelengths. Together with Spitzer observations, which probe higher layers that are found to be at ~1900K, a temperature inversion is ruled out in the range of pressures probed by the combined data set. While an oxygen-rich model is unable to explain all the data, a carbon-rich model provides a reasonable fit but violates energy balance.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/153/25
- Title:
- Near-infrared observations of 84 KOI systems
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/153/25
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We determine probabilities of physical association for stars in blended Kepler Objects of Interest (KOIs), and find that 14.5%_-3.4%_^+3.8%^ of companions within ~4'' are consistent with being physically unassociated with their primary. This produces a better understanding of potential false positives in the Kepler catalog and will guide models of planet formation in binary systems. Physical association is determined through two methods of calculating multi-band photometric parallax using visible and near-infrared adaptive optics observations of 84 KOI systems with 104 contaminating companions within ~4''. We find no evidence that KOI companions with separations of less than 1'' are more likely to be physically associated than KOI companions generally. We also reinterpret transit depths for 94 planet candidates, and calculate that 2.6%+/-0.4% of transits have R>15R_{oplus}_, which is consistent with prior modeling work.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/539/A28
- Title:
- New transit photometry for super-Earth 55 Cnc e
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/539/A28
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report on new transit photometry for the super-Earth 55 Cnc e obtained with Warm Spitzer/IRAC at 4.5um. An individual analysis of these new data leads to a planet radius of 2.21^+0.15^_-0.16_R_{earth}_, in good agreement with the values previously derived from the MOST and Spitzer transit discovery data. A global analysis of both Spitzer transit time-series improves the precision on the radius of the planet at 4.5um to 2.20+/-0.12R_{earth}_. We also performed an independent analysis of the MOST data, paying particular attention to the influence of the systematic effects of instrumental origin on the derived parameters and errors by including them in a global model instead of performing a preliminary detrending-filtering processing. We deduce from this reanalysis of MOST data an optical planet radius of 2.04+/-0.15R_{earth}_ that is consistent with our Spitzer infrared radius