Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission

Léger, Alain; Rouan, Daniel; Schneider, Jean; Barge, P.; Fridlund, M.; Samuel, B.; Ollivier, M.; W. Guenther, E.; Deleuil, M.; J. Deeg, H.; Auvergne, M.; Alonso, R.; Aigrain, S.; Alapini, A.; M. Almenara, J.; Baglin, A.; Barbieri, M.; Bruntt, H.; Bordé, P.; Bouchy, F.; Cabrera, J.; Catala, C.; Carone, L.; Carpano, S.; Csizmadia, Sz.; Dvořák, R.; Erikson, A.; Ferraz‐Mello, S.; H. Foing, B.; Fressin, François; Gandolfi, D.; Gillon, M.; Gondoin, Ph.; Grasset, O.; Guillot, T.; P. Hatzes, A.; Hébrard, G.; Jordá, L.; Lammer, H.; Llébaria, A.; Loeillet, B.; Mayor, M.; Mazeh, T.; Moutou, C.; Pätzold, M.; Pont, F.; Queloz, D.; Rauer, H.; Renner, S.; Samadi, R.; Shporer, Avi; Sotin, C.; Tingley, B.; Wuchterl, G.; Adda, M.; Agogu, P.; Appourchaux, T.; Ballans, Hervé; Baron, Philippe; Beaufort, T.; Bellenger, R.; Berlin, R.; Bernardi, P.; Blouin, D.; Baudin, F.; Bodin, Pierre; Boisnard, L.; Boit, L.; Bonneau, F.; Borzeix, S.; Briet, R.; Buey, Jean-Tristan; Bütler, B.; Cailleau, D.; Cautain, R.; Chabaud, Pierre-Yves; Chaintreuil, Sylviane; Chiavassa, F.; Costes, Vincent; Cuna Parrho, V.; Fialho, Fábio; Decaudin, M.; Defise, J.-M.; Djalal, S.; Epstein, G.; Exil, G.-E.; Fauré, C.; Fenouillet, T.; Gaboriaud, Alain; Gallic, A.; Gamet, Philippe; Gavalda, P.; Grolleau, Emmanuel; Gruneisen, R.; Guéguen, L.; Guis, V.; Guivarch, Victor; Guterman, P.; Hallouard, D.; Hasiba, J.; Heuripeau, F.; Huntzinger, G.; Hustaix, H.; Imad, C.; Imbert, Christian; Johlander, B.; Jouret, M.; Journoud, P.; Karioty, F.; Kerjean, L.; Lafaille, Vivian; Lafond, L.; Lam-Trong, T.; Landiech, P.; Lapeyrère, V.; Larqué, T.; Laudet, Philippe; Lautier, N.; Lecann, H.; Lefèvre, Laure; Leruyet, B.; Levacher, P.; Magnan, A.; Mazy, E.; Mertens, Florent; Mesnager, Jean-Michel; Meunier, J.-C.; Michel, J.-P.; Monjoin, W.; Naudet, D.; Nguyen-Kim, K.; Orcesi, J.-L.; Öttacher, H.; Pérez, R.; Peter, G.; Plasson, Philippe; Y. Plesseria, J.; Pontet, Bernard; Pradines, Alice; Gwenaëlle Quentin, Céline; L. Reynaud, J.; Rolland, G.; Rollenhagen, F.; Romagnan, Renaud; Russ, N.; W. Schmidt, R.; Schwartz, Noah; Sebbag, I.; Sedes, G.; G. J. Smit, H.; Steller, M.; Sunter, W.; Surace, C.; Tello, M.; Tiphène, D.; Sabatier de Toulouse, Paul; Ulmer, B.; Vandermarcq, O.; Vergnault, E.; Vuillemin, A.; Zanatta, P.

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200911933

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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission

Published in Astronomy and Astrophysics • Aug 11, 2009

Authors:

Alain Léger

Daniel Rouan

Jean Schneider

Abstract

Aims. We report the discovery of very shallow (F/F 3.4 10 -4 ), periodic dips in the light curve of an active V = 11.7 G9V star observed by the CoRoT satellite, which we interpret as caused by a transiting companion. We describe the 3-colour CoRoT data and complementary ground-based observations tha...

Subject

Exoplanet

Light curve

Radial velocity

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