Measuring accurate transit parameters
Abstract
By observing the transits of exoplanets, one may determine many fundamental system parameters. I review current techniques and results for the parameters that can be measured with the greatest precision, specifically, the transit times, the planetary mass and radius, and the projected spin-orbit angle.
- Publication:
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Transiting Planets
- Pub Date:
- February 2009
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S174392130802629X
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0807.4929
- Bibcode:
- 2009IAUS..253...99W
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- submitted to Proc. IAU Symp. No. 253, "Transiting Planets", eds. F. Pont et al., May 19-23, 2008, Cambridge, MA [11 pages]