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The follow-up observations for the transit events of WASP-12b

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2011

Xiao-bin Wang
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories/Yunnan Observatory, CAS, Kunming, China email: [email protected]
Andrew Collier Cameron
Affiliation:
University of St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK
Sheng-hong Gu
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories/Yunnan Observatory, CAS, Kunming, China email: [email protected]
Xiang-song Fang
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories/Yunnan Observatory, CAS, Kunming, China email: [email protected]
Dong-tao Cao
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories/Yunnan Observatory, CAS, Kunming, China email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The four new transit light curves of WASP-12b are analyzed by using MCMC simulation so as to derive the system parameters. If the apsidal precession exists in the orbit of WASP-12b, according to the theory of Gimenez & Bastero (1995), the rate of precession is estimated as 0.0076 degrees per cycle in the case of orbit with an inclination of 90°.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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