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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission
- Source :
- Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A, Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A, 2014, 567, pp.A112. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201118662⟩, Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), instacron:USP, Alonso, R, Moutou, C, Endl, M, Almenara, J M, Guenther, E W, Deleuil, M, Hatzes, A, Aigrain, S, Auvergne, M, Baglin, A, Barge, P, Bonomo, A S, Bordé, P, Bouchy, F, Cavarroc, C, Cabrera, J, Carpano, S, Csizmadia, S, Cochran, W D, Deeg, H J, Díaz, R F, Dvorak, R, Erikson, A, Ferraz-Mello, S, Fridlund, M, Fruth, T, Gandolfi, D, Gillon, M, Grziwa, S, Guillot, T, Hébrard, G, Jorda, L, Léger, A, Lammer, H, Lovis, C, Macqueen, P J, Mazeh, T, Ofir, A, Ollivier, M, Pasternacki, T, Pätzold, M, Queloz, D, Rauer, H, Rouan, D, Santerne, A, Schneider, J, Tadeu Dos Santos, M, Tingley, B, Titz-Weider, R, Weingrill, J & Wuchterl, G 2014, ' Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission : XXVI. CoRoT-24: A transiting multiplanet system ', Astronomy & Astrophysics, vol. 567, A112 . https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118662
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- EDP Sciences, 2014.
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Abstract
- We present the discovery of a candidate multiply-transiting system, the first one found in the CoRoT mission. Two transit-like features with periods of 5.11 and 11.76d are detected in the CoRoT light curve, around a main sequence K1V star of r=15.1. If the features are due to transiting planets around the same star, these would correspond to objects of 3.7$\pm$0.4 and 5.0$\pm$0.5 R_earth respectively. Several radial velocities serve to provide an upper limit of 5.7 M_earth for the 5.11~d signal, and to tentatively measure a mass of 28$^{+11}_{-11}$ M_earth for the object transiting with a 11.76~d period. These measurements imply low density objects, with a significant gaseous envelope. The detailed analysis of the photometric and spectroscopic data serve to estimate the probability that the observations are caused by transiting Neptune-sized planets as $>$26$\times$ higher than a blend scenario involving only one transiting planet, and $>$900$\times$ higher than a scenario involving two blends and no planets. The radial velocities show a long term modulation that might be attributed to a 1.5 M_jup planet orbiting at 1.8~A.U. from the host, but more data are required to determine the precise orbital parameters of this companion.<br />13 pages, 13 figures, accepted to A&A, minor typos corrected
- Subjects :
- Techniques: spectroscopic
FOS: Physical sciences
Astrophysics
Star (graph theory)
Planetary systems
Techniques: photometric
Techniques: radial velocities
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science
Space (mathematics)
spectroscopic [Techniques]
planetary systems – techniques: photometric – techniques: radial velocities – techniques: spectroscopic
Planet
Low density
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
[PHYS]Physics [physics]
Physics
Orbital elements
radial velocities [Techniques]
photometric [Techniques]
Planetary system
Light curve
ESPECTROSCOPIA
Exoplanet
13. Climate action
[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14320746 and 00046361
- Volume :
- 567
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d39ee8b7d68c3a258adf7d6ed76ce3bf
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118662