Starspot detection from planetary transits observed by CoRoT

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May 2009

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XII Latin American IAU Regional Meeting (Eds. G. Magris, G. Bruzual, & L. Carigi) Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Stars: Spots, Planetary Systems

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As a planet eclipses its parent star, features on the disk of the star may be detected. For example, sunspots on active regions are darker than the average disk of the Sun, and their sizes are comparable to that of the Earth. Hence, as the planet eclipses partially or totally a dark starspot on the surface of the star its integrated luminosity will increase slightly. Therefore, by analyzing the transit light curve it is possible to infer the physical properties of starspots, such as size, intensity, position, and temperature. Extra information, such as stellar rotation, differential rotation, and even magnetic activity cycles, may be obtained from observing features like these on more than one transit. Transit observations of HD 209458 were used as tests to the model and I will discuss how this model can be applied to the planetary transits detected by CoRoT.

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