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Period variations in extrasolar transiting planet OGLE-TR-111b

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2008

Rodrigo F. Díaz ,
Patricio Rojo ,
Mario Melita ,
Sergio Hoyer ,
Dante Minniti ,
Pablo J. D. Mauas  and
María Teresa Ruíz
Rodrigo F. Díaz
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (CONICET- UBA)Buenos Aires, Argentina email: [email protected]
Patricio Rojo
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Mario Melita
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (CONICET- UBA)Buenos Aires, Argentina email: [email protected]
Sergio Hoyer
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Dante Minniti
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Casilla 306, Santiago 22, Chile Specola Vaticana, V-00120 Citta del Vaticano, Italy
Pablo J. D. Mauas
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (CONICET- UBA)Buenos Aires, Argentina email: [email protected]
María Teresa Ruíz
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Abstract

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Two consecutive transits of planetary companion OGLE-TR-111b were observed in the I band. Combining these observations with data from the literature, we find that the timing of the transits cannot be explained by a constant period, and that the observed variations cannot be originated by the presence of a satellite. However, a perturbing planet with the mass of the Earth in an exterior orbit could explain the observations if the orbit of OGLE-TR-111b is eccentric. We also show that the eccentricity needed to explain the observations is not ruled out by the radial velocity data found in the literature.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Symposium S253: Transiting Planets , May 2008 , pp. 450 - 453
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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