Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-07-25
Astrophys.J.652:1715-1724,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
22 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables. Accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/508155
We present RIz photometry of four consecutive transits of the newly discovered exoplanet XO-1b. We improve upon the estimates of the transit parameters, finding the planetary radius to be R_P = 1.184 +0.028/-0.018 R_Jupiter and the stellar radius to be R_S = 0.928 +0.018/-0.013 R_Sun, assuming a stellar mass of M_S = 1.00 +/- 0.03 M_Sun. The uncertainties in the planetary and stellar radii are dominated by the uncertainty in the stellar mass. These uncertainties increase by a factor of 2-3 if a more conservative uncertainty of 0.10 M_Sun is assumed for the stellar mass. Our estimate of the planetary radius is smaller than that reported by McCullough et al. (2006) and yields a mean density that is comparable to that of TrES-1 and HD 189733b. The timings of the transits have an accuracy ranging from 0.2 to 2.5 minutes, and are marginally consistent with a uniform period.
Bakos Gáspár Á
Charbonneau David
Esquerdo Gilbert A.
Everett Mark E.
Hergenrother Carl
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