dc.contributor.author | Lopez-Morales, Mercedes | |
dc.contributor.author | Coughlin, Jeffrey L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Sing, David K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Burrows, Adam | |
dc.contributor.author | Apai, Dániel | |
dc.contributor.author | Rogers, Justin C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Spiegel, David S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Adams, Elisabeth Rose | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-03-05T19:42:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-03-05T19:42:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-06 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2009-12 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2041-8205 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2041-8213 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95889 | |
dc.description.abstract | We report the detection of the eclipse of the very hot Jupiter WASP-12b via z'-band time-series photometry obtained with the 3.5 m Astrophysical Research Consortium telescope at Apache Point Observatory. We measure a decrease in flux of 0.082% ± 0.015% during the passage of the planet behind the star. That planetary flux is equally well reproduced by atmospheric models with and without extra absorbers, and blackbody models with f ≥ 0.585 ± 0.080. It is therefore necessary to measure the planet at other wavelengths to further constrain its atmospheric properties. The eclipse appears centered at phase phi = 0.5100+0.0072 –0.0061, consistent with an orbital eccentricity of |ecos ω| = 0.016+0.011 –0.009 (see note at the end of Section 4). If the orbit of the planet is indeed eccentric, the large radius of WASP-12b can be explained by tidal heating. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.) (Hubble Fellowship grant HF-01210.01-A/HF-51233.01) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (contract NAS5-26555) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.) (NSF Graduate Research Fellowship) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.) (STScI Director’s Discretionary Research Fund, D0101.90131) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.) (NSF grant AST-0908278) | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Institute of Physics/American Astronomical Society | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/716/1/l36 | en_US |
dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
dc.source | American Astronomical Society | en_US |
dc.title | DAY-SIDE z ′-BAND EMISSION AND ECCENTRICITY OF WASP-12b | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | López-Morales, Mercedes, Jeffrey L. Coughlin, David K. Sing, Adam Burrows, Dániel Apai, Justin C. Rogers, David S. Spiegel, and Elisabeth R. Adams. “ DAY-SIDE z ′-BAND EMISSION AND ECCENTRICITY OF WASP-12b .” The Astrophysical Journal 716, no. 1 (May 20, 2010): L36–L40. © 2010 American Astronomical Society. | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Adams, Elisabeth Rose | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Astrophysical Journal | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dspace.orderedauthors | López-Morales, Mercedes; Coughlin, Jeffrey L.; Sing, David K.; Burrows, Adam; Apai, Dániel; Rogers, Justin C.; Spiegel, David S.; Adams, Elisabeth R. | en_US |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
mit.metadata.status | Complete | |