From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Mon Jul 04 2005 - 10:09:17 PDT
Paper: astro-ph/0507009
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 23:26:10 GMT (122kb)
Title: The N2K Consortium. II. A Transiting Hot Saturn Around HD 149026 With a
Large Dense Core
Authors: B. Sato, D. A. Fischer, G. W. Henry, G. Laughlin, R. P. Butler, G. W.
Marcy, S. S. Vogt, P. Bodenheimer, S. Ida, E. Toyota, A. Wolf, J. A. Valenti,
L. J. Boyd, J. A. Johnson, J. T. Wright, M. Ammons, S. Robinson, J. Strader,
C. McCarthy, K. L. Tah, D. Minniti
Comments: 25 pages, 5 figures, accepted by the Astrophysical Journal
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Doppler measurements from Subaru and Keck have revealed radial velocity
variations in the V=8.15, G0IV star HD 149026 consistent with a Saturn-Mass
planet in a 2.8766 day orbit. Photometric observations at Fairborn Observatory
have detected three complete transit events with depths of 0.003 mag at the
predicted times of conjunction. HD 149026 is now the second brightest star with
a transiting extrasolar planet. The mass of the star, based on interpolation of
stellar evolutionary models, is 1.3 +/- 0.1 solar masses; together with the
Doppler amplitude, K=43.3 m s^-1, we derive a planet mass Msin(i)=0.36 Mjup,
and orbital radius of 0.042 AU. HD 149026 is chromospherically inactive and
metal-rich with spectroscopically derived [Fe/H]=+0.36, Teff=6147 K, log g=4.26
and vsin(i)=6.0 km s^-1. Based on Teff and the stellar luminosity of 2.72 Lsun,
we derive a stellar radius of 1.45 Rsun. Modeling of the three photometric
transits provides an orbital inclination of 85.3 +/- 1.0 degrees and (including
the uncertainty in the stellar radius) a planet radius of 0.725 +/- 0.05 Rjup.
Models for this planet mass and radius suggest the presence of a ~67 Mearth
core composed of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium. This substantial
planet core would be difficult to construct by gravitational instability.
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