Transit Photometry of the Core-Dominated Planet HD 149026b

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2005-08-01

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0508051v1

Astrophys.J. 636 (2005) 445-452

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

18 pages, 4 figures, submitted to ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/497959

We report g, V, and r photometric time series of HD 149026 spanning predicted times of transit of the Saturn-mass planetary companion, which was recently discovered by Sato and collaborators. We present a joint analysis of our observations and the previously reported photometry and radial velocities of the central star. We refine the estimate of the transit ephemeris to Tc [HJD] = 2453527.87455^{+0.00085}_{-0.00091} + N * 2.87598^{+0.00012}_{-0.00017}. Assuming that the star has a radius of 1.45 +/- 0.10 R_Sun and a mass of 1.30 +/- 0.10 M_Sun, we estimate the planet radius to be 0.726 +/- 0.064 R_Jup, which implies a mean density of 1.07^{+0.42}_{-0.30} g/cm^3. This density is significantly greater than that predicted for models which include the effects of stellar insolation and for which the planet has only a small core of solid material. Thus we confirm that this planet likely contains a large core, and that the ratio of core mass to total planet mass is more akin to that of Uranus and Neptune than that of either Jupiter or Saturn.

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