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A Stellar Flare during the Transit of the Extrasolar Planet OGLE-TR-10b

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2015-05-13 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

We report a stellar flare occurring during a transit of the exoplanet OGLE-TR-10b, an event not previously reported in the literature. This reduces the observed transit depth, particularly in the u'-band, but flaring could also be significant in other bands and could lead to incorrect planetary parameters. We suggest that OGLE-TR-10a is an active planet-hosting star and has an unusually high X-ray luminosity.

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@article{arxiv.0908.2329,
  title  = {A Stellar Flare during the Transit of the Extrasolar Planet OGLE-TR-10b},
  author = {Samuel Bentley and Coel Hellier and Pierre Maxted and Vik Dhillon and Tom Marsh and Chris Copperwheat and Stuart Littlefair},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.2329},
  year   = {2015}
}

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3 pages, 1 figure