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Title:
Hubble Space Telescope Time-Series Photometry of the Transiting Planet of HD 209458
Authors:
Brown, Timothy M.; Charbonneau, David; Gilliland, Ronald L.; Noyes, Robert W.; Burrows, Adam
Affiliation:
AA(High Altitude Observatory/National Center for Atmospheric Research, 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80307. The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation ), AB(High Altitude Observatory/National Center for Atmospheric Research, 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80307. The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation; Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ), AC(Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218 ), AD(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 ), AE(Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721 )
Publication:
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 552, Issue 2, pp. 699-709. (ApJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
05/2001
Origin:
UCP
Astronomy Keywords:
Stars: Binaries: Eclipsing, Stars: Planetary Systems, Stars: Individual: Henry Draper Number: HD 209458, Techniques: Photometric
DOI:
10.1086/320580
Bibliographic Code:
2001ApJ...552..699B

Abstract

We have observed four transits of the planet of HD 209458 using the STIS spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Summing the recorded counts over wavelength between 582 and 638 nm yields a photometric time series with 80 s time sampling and relative precision of about 1.1×10-4 per sample. The folded light curve can be fitted within observational errors using a model consisting of an opaque circular planet transiting a limb-darkened stellar disk. In this way we estimate the planetary radius Rp=1.347+/-0.060 RJup, the orbital inclination i=86.6d+/-0.14d, the stellar radius R*=1.146+/-0.050 Rsolar, and one parameter describing the stellar limb darkening. Our estimated radius is smaller than those from earlier studies but is consistent within measurement errors and also with theoretical estimates of the radii of irradiated Jupiter-like planets. Satellites or rings orbiting the planet would, if large enough, be apparent from distortions of the light curve or from irregularities in the transit timings. We find no evidence for either satellites or rings, with upper limits on satellite radius and mass of 1.2 R⊕ and 3 M⊕, respectively. Opaque rings, if present, must be smaller than 1.8 planetary radii in radial extent. The high level of photometric precision attained in this experiment confirms the feasibility of photometric detection of Earth-sized planets circling Sun-like stars. Based on observations with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. under NASA contract NAS 5-26555.
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