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Photometric Analysis and Transit Times of TRAPPIST-1 b and c

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2018-01-16 v1

Abstract

TRAPPIST-1 hosts seven Earth-sized planets transiting an M8 star. We observed mid-transit times of each of the inner two planets with the Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) 3.5 m Telescope at Apache Point Observatory (APO) to help constrain the planet masses with transit timing variations, and we outline a procedure for analyzing transit observations of late-M stars with APO. The transit times of TRAPPIST-1 b and c are BJDTDB=2457580.876340.00034+0.00034\mathrm{BJD}_{\mathrm{TDB}} = 2457580.87634^{+0.00034}_{-0.00034} and 2457558.894770.00085+0.000802457558.89477^{+0.00080}_{-0.00085}, respectively, which will help constrain the planet masses.

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@article{arxiv.1801.04460,
  title  = {Photometric Analysis and Transit Times of TRAPPIST-1 b and c},
  author = {Brett M. Morris and Eric Agol and Suzanne L. Hawley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.04460},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

1 figure, 2 pages, accepted to RNAAS