Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-11-10
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 3 figures, proceedings of "Tenth anniversary of 51 Peg-b: Status of and prospects for hot Jupiter studies
Scientific paper
Recent Spitzer infrared (IR) observations of two transiting hot Jupiters during their secondary eclipses have provided the first direct detection of planets orbiting other stars (Charbonneau et al. 2005; Deming et al. 2005). We here elaborate on some aspects of our detection of HD209458b at 24 microns, and we compare to the detection of TrES-1 by Charbonneau et al. Spitzer will eventually determine the IR spectral energy distribution of these and similar hot Jupiters, opening the new field of comparative exoplanetology. For now, we have only three Spitzer data points, augmented by upper limits from the ground. We here interpret the available measurements from a purely observational perspective, and we point out that a blackbody spectrum having T=1100K can account for all current IR measurements, within the errors. This will surely not remain true for long, since ongoing Spitzer observations will be very sensitive to the IR characteristics of hot Jupiters.
Deming Drake
Harrington Joseph
Richardson Lee Jeremy
Seager Sara
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