Further Observations of the Tilted Planet XO-3: A New Determination of Spin-Orbit Misalignment, and Limits on Differential Rotation

Details Further Observations of the Tilted Planet XO-3: A New Determination of Spin-Orbit Misalignment, and Limits on Differential Rotation Further Observations of the Tilted Planet XO-3: A New Determination of Spin-Orbit Misalignment, and Limits on Differential Rotation

2011-08-23

arxiv.org/abs/1108.4493v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

6 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in PASJ, title changed in the accepted version

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We report on observations of the Rossiter-McLaughlin (RM) effect for the XO-3 exoplanetary system. The RM effect for the system was previously measured by two different groups, but their results were statistically inconsistent. To obtain a decisive result we observed two full transits of XO-3b with the Subaru 8.2-m telescope. By modeling these data with a new and more accurate analytic formula for the RM effect, we find the projected spin-orbit angle to be \lambda=37.3 deg \pm 3.0 deg, in good agreement with the previous finding by Winn et al. (2009). In addition, an offset of ~22 m/s was observed between the two transit datasets. This offset could be a signal of a third body in the XO-3 system, a possibility that should be checked with future observations. We also attempt to search for a possible signature of the stellar differential rotation in the RM data for the first time, and put weak upper limits on the differential rotation parameters.

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