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HAT-P-1b: A large-radius, low-density exoplanet transiting one member of a stellar binary

  • G. Á Bakus
  • , R. W. Noyes
  • , G. Kovács
  • , D. W. Latham
  • , D. D. Sasselov
  • , G. Torres
  • , D. A. Fischer
  • , R. P. Stefanik
  • , B. Sato
  • , J. A. Johnson
  • , A. Pál
  • , G. W. Marcy
  • , R. P. Butler
  • , G. A. Esquerdo
  • , K. Z. Stanek
  • , J. Láaár
  • , I. Papp
  • , P. Sári
  • , B. Sipöcz

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Abstract

Using small automated telescopes in Arizona and Hawaii, the HATNet project has detected an object transiting one member of the double star system ADS 16402. This system is a pair of GO main-sequence stars with age about 3 Gyr at a distance of ∼ 139 pc and projected separation of ∼ 1550 AU. The transit signal has a period of 4.46529 days and depth of 0.015 mag. From follow-up photometry and spectroscopy, we find that the object is a "hot Jupiter" planet with mass about 0.53MJ and radius ∼1.36RJ traveling in an orbit with semimajor axis 0.055 AU and inclination about 85.9°, thus transiting the star at impact parameter 0.74 of the stellar radius. Based on a data set spanning 3 yr, ephemerides for the transit center are TC = 2453984.397 + Ntr × 4.46529. The planet, designated HAT-P-1b, appears to be at least as large in radius, and smaller in mean density, than any previously known planet.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)552-559
Number of pages8
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume656
Issue number1 I
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 10 2007
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

Keywords

  • Binaries: general
  • Planetary systems
  • Stars: individual (ADS 16402AB)

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