Detection of a transit of the super-Earth 55 Cancri e with warm Spitzer⋆

نویسندگان

  • M. Gillon
  • D. Deming
  • D. Valencia
  • S. Seager
  • P. Cubillos
  • J. Harrington
  • K. B. Stevenson
چکیده

We report on the detection of a transit of the super-Earth 55 Cnc e with warm Spitzer in IRAC’s 4.5 μm band. Our MCMC analysis includes an extensive modeling of the systematic effects affecting warm Spitzer photometry, and yields a transit depth of 410±63 ppm, which translates to a planetary radius of 2.08 −0.17 R⊕ as measured in IRAC 4.5 μm channel. A planetary mass of 7.81 +0.58 −0.53 M⊕ is derived from an extensive set of radial-velocity data, yielding a mean planetary density of 4.78+1.31 −1.20 g cm −3. Thanks to the brightness of its host star (V = 6, K = 4), 55 Cnc e is a unique target for the thorough characterization of a super-Earth orbiting around a solar-type star.

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تاریخ انتشار 2011