Photometric follow-up of the transiting planet WASP-1b

A. Shporer*, O. Tamuz, S. Zucker, T. Mazeh

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Abstract

We report on photometric follow-up of the recently discovered transiting planet WASP-1b. We observed two transits with the Wise Observatory 1-m telescope, and used a variant of the Eclipsing Binary Orbit Program (EBOP) code together with the Sys-Rem detrending approach to fit the light curve. Assuming a stellar mass of 1.15M, we derived a planetary radius of R p = 1.40 ±0.06RJ and mass of Mp = 0.87 ± 0.07MJ. An uncertainty of 15 per cent in the stellar mass results in an additional systematic uncertainty of 5 per cent in the planetary radius and of 10 per cent in planetary mass. Our observations yielded a slightly better ephemeris for the centre of the transit: Tc [HJD] = (2454013.3127 ± 0.0004) + Ntr(2.51996 ± 0.00002). The new planet is an inflated, low-density planet, similar to HAT-P-1b and HD209458b.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1296-1300
Number of pages5
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume376
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2007

Keywords

  • Planetary systems
  • Stars: individual: WASP-1
  • Techniques: photometric

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