Confirming Kepler Planets via Transit Timing Variations

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May 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21811204h&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #218, #112.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011

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The analysis of transit timing variations has proven to be a successful method for confirming that some candidate systems are indeed composed of planets. For some systems, such as Kepler-9, the addition of radial velocity observations or future Kepler photometry is required to determine the planetary masses. For other systems, such as Kepler-11, the masses of a number of planets can be measured from the transit times alone. We review the process of using transit timing variations to confirm Kepler planets, including an estimate of the number of planets we expect to confirm with this technique. In particular, we discuss the prospects of confirming Kepler planets in the habitable zones of their host stars.

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