Refined parameters of the planet orbiting HD 189733

Details Refined parameters of the planet orbiting HD 189733 Refined parameters of the planet orbiting HD 189733

2006-03-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0603291v1

Astrophys.J.650:1160-1171,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 4 figures, submitted to ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/506316

We report on the BVRI multi-band follow-up photometry of the transiting extrasolar planet HD 189733b. We revise the transit parameters and find planetary radius RP = 1.154+/- 0.032RJ and inclination i_P = 85.79+/-0.24deg. The new density (~ 1g cm-3) is significantly higher than the former estimate (~ 0.75g cm-3); this shows that from the current sample of 9 transiting planets, only HD 209458 (and possibly OGLE-10b) have anomalously large radii and low densities. We note that due to the proximity of the parent star, HD 189733b currently has one of the most precise radius determinations among extrasolar planets. We calculate new ephemerides: P = 2.218573+/-0.000020 days, T0 = 2453629.39420+/-0.00024 (HJD), and estimate the timing offsets of the 11 distinct transits with respect to the predictions of a constant orbital period, which can be used to reveal the presence of additional planets in the system.

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