2009A&A...506..287L

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2009A&A...506..287L - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 506, 287-302 (2009/10-4)

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. VIII. CoRoT-7b: the first super-earth with measured radius.

LEGER A., ROUAN D., SCHNEIDER J., BARGE P., FRIDLUND M., SAMUEL B., OLLIVIER M., GUENTHER E., DELEUIL M., DEEG H.J., AUVERGNE M., ALONSO R., AIGRAIN S., ALAPINI A., ALMENARA J.M., BAGLIN A., BARBIERI M., BRUNTT H., BORDE P., BOUCHY F., CABRERA J., CATALA C., CARONE L., CARPANO S., CSIZMADIA Sz., DVORAK R., ERIKSON A., FERRAZ-MELLO S., FOING B., FRESSIN F., GANDOLFI D., GILLON M., GONDOIN P., GRASSET O., GUILLOT T., HATZES A., HEBRARD G., JORDA L., LAMMER H., LLEBARIA A., LOEILLET B., MAYOR M., MAZEH T., MOUTOU C., PAETZOLD M., PONT F., QUELOZ D., RAUER H., RENNER S., SAMADI R., SHPORER A., SOTIN C., TINGLEY B., WUCHTERL G., ADDA M., AGOGUE P., APPOURCHAUX T., BALLANS H., BARON P., BEAUFORT T., BELLENGER R., BERLIN R., BERNARDI P., BLOUIN D., BAUDIN F., BODIN P., BOISNARD L., BOIT L., BONNEAU F., BORZEIX S., BRIET R., BUEY J.-T., BUTLER B., CAILLEAU D., CAUTAIN R., CHABAUD P.-Y., CHAINTREUIL S., CHIAVASSA F., COSTES V., CUNHA PARRO V., DE OLIVEIRA FIALHO F., DECAUDIN M., DEFISE J.-M., DJALAL S., EPSTEIN G., EXIL G.-E., FAURE C., FENOUILLET T., GABORIAUD A., GALLIC A., GAMET P., GAVALDA P., GROLLEAU E., GRUNEISEN R., GUEGUEN L., GUIS V., GUIVARC'H V., GUTERMAN P., HALLOUARD D., HASIBA J., HEURIPEAU F., HUNTZINGER G., HUSTAIX H., IMAD C., IMBERT C., JOHLANDER B., JOURET M., JOURNOUD P., KARIOTY F., KERJEAN L., LAFAILLE V., LAFOND L., LAM-TRONG T., LANDIECH P., LAPEYRERE V., LARQUE T., LAUDET P., LAUTIER N., LECANN H., LEFEVRE L., LERUYET B., LEVACHER P., MAGNAN A., MAZY E., MERTENS F., MESNAGER J.-M., MEUNIER J.-C., MICHEL J.-P., MONJOIN W., NAUDET D., NGUYEN-KIM K., ORCESI J.-L., OTTACHER H., PEREZ R., PETER G., PLASSON P., PLESSERIA J.-Y., PONTET B., PRADINES A., QUENTIN C., REYNAUD J.-L., ROLLAND G., ROLLENHAGEN F., ROMAGNAN R., RUSS N., SCHMIDT R., SCHWARTZ N., SEBBAG I., SEDES G., SMIT H., STELLER M.B., SUNTER W., SURACE C., TELLO M., TIPHENE D., TOULOUSE P., ULMER B., VANDERMARCQ O., VERGNAULT E., VUILLEMIN A. and ZANATTA P.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the discovery of very shallow (ΔF/F≃3.4x10^–4), periodic dips in the light curve of an active V=11.7 G9V star observed by the CoRoT satellite, which we interpret as caused by a transiting companion. We describe the 3-colour CoRoT data and complementary ground-based observations that support the planetary nature of the companion. We used CoRoT colours information, good angular resolution ground-based photometric observations in- and out- of transit, adaptive optics imaging, near-infrared spectroscopy, and preliminary results from radial velocity measurements, to test the diluted eclipsing binary scenarios. The parameters of the host star were derived from optical spectra, which were then combined with the CoRoT light curve to derive parameters of the companion. We examined all conceivable cases of false positives carefully, and all the tests support the planetary hypothesis. Blends with separation >0.40"or triple systems are almost excluded with a 8x10^–4 risk left. We conclude that, inasmuch we have been exhaustive, we have discovered a planetary companion, named CoRoT-7b, for which we derive a period of 0.853 59±3x10^–5-day and a radius of R_p=1.68 ±0.09R_⊕. Analysis of preliminary radial velocity data yields an upper limit of 21M_⊕ for the companion mass, supporting the finding. CoRoT-7b is very likely the first Super-Earth with a measured radius. This object illustrates what will probably become a common situation with missions such as Kepler, namely the need to establish the planetary origin of transits in the absence of a firm radial velocity detection and mass measurement. The composition of CoRoT-7b remains loosely constrained without a precise mass. A very high surface temperature on its irradiated face, ≃1800-2600K at the substellar point, and a very low one, ≃50K, on its dark face assuming no atmosphere, have been derived.

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Journal keyword(s): techniques: photometric - techniques: spectroscopic - planetary systems - techniques: high angular resolution - techniques: radial velocities

Simbad objects: 8

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Number of rows : 8

N	Identifier	Otype	ICRS (J2000) RA	ICRS (J2000) DEC	Mag U	Mag B	Mag V	Mag R	Mag I	Sp type	#ref 1850 - 2023	#notes
1	Cl Melotte 25	OpC	04 29 47	+16 56.9						~	2928	0
2	HD 48497	V*	06 43 36.0863036352	-01 20 48.439297212		7.40	7.51			B5V	17	1
3	CoRoT-7	*	06 43 49.4690164104	-01 03 46.826642700		12.78	11.73	11.36	10.87	K0V	199	1
4	CoRoT-7b	Pl	06 43 49.4690410679	-01 03 46.825797768						~	386	1
5	V* YY Gem	BY*	07 34 37.4474327544	+31 52 10.179641496	11.60	10.56	9.27	7.69	6.67	M0.5VeFe-2	843	0
6	Ross 905	PM*	11 42 11.0933350978	+26 42 23.650782778		12.06	10.613	10.272	8.24	M3V	592	1
7	NAME OGLE-TR-56b	Pl	17 56 35.5015759807	-29 32 21.476706712						~	199	1
8	CoRoT-2b	Pl	19 27 06.4944821296	+01 23 01.357597206						~	221	1

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