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Near-Infrared Transit Photometry of Extra-Solar Planet HAT-P-54b

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2020-06-02 v1

Abstract

The results of near-infrared photometric observations of a transit event of an extrasolar planet HAT-P-54b are presented herein. Precise near-infrared photometry was carried out using the Nayuta 2 m telescope at Nishi-Harima Astronomical Observatory, Japan and Nishi-harima Infrared Camera (NIC). 170 J-, H-, and Ks-band images were taken in each band in 196 minutes. The flux of the planetary system was observed to decrease during the transit event. While the the Ks-band transit depth is similar to that in the r-band, the J- and H-band transits are deeper than those in the Ks-band. We constructed simple models of the planetary atmosphere and found that the observed transit depths are well reproduced by inflated atmosphere containing H2S molecule.

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@article{arxiv.2006.00220,
  title  = {Near-Infrared Transit Photometry of Extra-Solar Planet HAT-P-54b},
  author = {Haruka Tabata and Yoichi Itoh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.00220},
  year   = {2020}
}