A Search for Exotrojans in Transiting Exoplanetary systems
Abstract
We present a search for Trojan companions to 25 transiting exoplanets. We use the technique of Ford & Gaudi, in which a difference is sought between the observed transit time and the transit time that is calculated by fitting a two-body Keplerian orbit to the radial-velocity data. This technique is sensitive to the imbalance of mass at the L4/L5 points of the planet-star orbit. No companions were detected. The median 2σ upper limit is 60 M⊕, and the most constraining limit is 2.5 M⊕ for the case of GJ 436.
- Publication:
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Transiting Planets
- Pub Date:
- February 2009
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921308027038
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0807.4570
- Bibcode:
- 2009IAUS..253..496M
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- To appear in Proceedings of the IAU Symposium No. 253, "Transiting Planets", May 19 - May 23, 2008, Cambridge, MA