Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-12-13
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 3 figures, 1 table. Accepted for publication in A&A
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20079238
We report high-precision transit photometry for the recently detected planet HD 17156b. Using these new data with previously published transit photometry and radial velocity measurements, we perform a combined analysis based on a Markov Chain Monte Carlo approach. The resulting mass M_p = 3.09 (+0.22-0.17) M_Jup and radius R_p = 1.23 (+0.17-0.20) R_Jup for the planet places it at the outer edge of the density distribution of known transiting planets with rho_p = 1.66 (+1.37-0.60) rho_Jup. The obtained transit ephemeris is T_tr = 2454438.48271 (+0.00077-0.00057) + N x 21.21747 (+0.00070-0.00067) BJD. The derived plausible tidal circularization time scales for HD 17156b are larger than the age of the host star. The measured high orbital eccentricity e = 0.6719 (+0.0052-0.0063) can thus not be interpreted as the clear sign of the presence of another body in the system.
Gillon Michael
Mayor Marcel
North Pierre
Queloz Didier
Triaud Amaury H. M. J.
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