Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-12-14
Astrophys.J.664:1199-1209,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
32 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/519213
Recent Spitzer infrared measurements of hot Jupiter eclipses suggest that eclipse mapping techniques could be used to spatially resolve the day-side photospheric emission of these planets using partial occultations. As a first step in this direction, we simulate ingress/egress lightcurves for the three brightest known eclipsing hot Jupiters and evaluate the degree to which parameterized photospheric emission models can be distinguished from each other with repeated, noisy eclipse measurements. We find that the photometric accuracy of Spitzer is insufficient to use this tool effectively. On the other hand, the level of photospheric details that could be probed with a few JWST eclipse measurements could greatly inform hot Jupiter atmospheric modeling efforts. A JWST program focused on non-parametric eclipse map inversions for hot Jupiters should be actively considered.
Cho James Y-K.
Deming Drake
Hansen Brad
Menou Kristen
Rauscher Emily
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