Parameter variations of Gliese 436b transits Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Coughlin J.L.
  2. Stringfellow G.S.
  3. Becker A.C.
  4. Lopez-Morales M.,Mezzalira F.
  5. Krajci T.
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    CDS
Abstract

We present ground-based observations of the transiting Neptune-mass planet Gl 436b obtained with the 3.5m telescope at Apache Point Observatory and other supporting telescopes. Included in this is an observed transit in early 2005, over 2 years before the earliest reported transit detection. We have compiled all available transit data to date and perform a uniform modeling using the JKTEBOP code. We do not detect any transit timing variations of amplitude greater than ~1 minute over the ~3.3 year baseline. We do however find possible evidence for a self-consistent trend of increasing orbital inclination, transit width, and transit depth, which supports the supposition that Gl 436b is being perturbed by another planet of <~12M_{earth}_ in a nonresonant orbit.

Keywords
  1. solar-system-planets
  2. stellar-radii
  3. variable-stars
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2008ApJ...689L.149C
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.16899149

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2011-02-01T14:58:30Z
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