The Transit Light Curve Project. I. Four Consecutive Transits of the Exoplanet XO-1b
@article{Holman2006TheTL, title={The Transit Light Curve Project. I. Four Consecutive Transits of the Exoplanet XO-1b}, author={Matthew J. Holman and Joshua N. Winn and David W. Latham and Francis T. O'Donovan and David Charbonneau and G{\'a}sp{\'a}r {\'A}. Bakos and Gilbert A. Esquerdo and Carl W. Hergenrother and Mark E. Everett and Andr{\'a}s P{\'a}l}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2006}, volume={652}, pages={1715 - 1723} }
We present RIz photometry of four consecutive transits of the newly discovered exoplanet XO-1b. We improve on the estimates of the transit parameters, finding the planetary radius to be RP = 1.184RJ, and the stellar radius to be R⋆ = 0.928 R☉, assuming a stellar mass of M⋆ = (1.00 ± 0.03) M☉. The uncertainties in the planetary and stellar radii are dominated by the uncertainty in the stellar mass. These uncertainties increase by a factor of 2-3 if a more conservative uncertainty of 0.10 M☉ is…
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