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由HST、FGS Transit和天文地震观测实现的系外行星系统HD-17156物理参数的精确估计

Precise Estimates of the Physical Parameters for the Exoplanet System HD-17156 Enabled by HST FGS Transit and Asteroseismic Observations

Philip Nutzman, Ronald L. Gilliland, Peter R. McCullough, David Charbonneau, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Hans Kjeldsen, Edmund P. Nelan, Timothy M. Brown, Matthew J. Holman

摘要:

我们目前的观测HD 17156 b的三个不同的过境获得的精细制导传感器(FGS)上的哈勃太空望远镜(HST)。我们分析了凌日测光和先前发表的径向速度,得到行星-恒星半径比R_p/R_s = 0.07454 +/- 0.00035,倾角i=86.49 + 0.24/-0.20度,比例半长轴a/R = 23.19 + 0.32/-0.27。最后一个值直接转化为平均恒星密度测定值0.522 + 0.021/-0.018 g cm^-3。Gilliland等人(2009年)的配套论文对星震学观测进行了分析,提供了一个一致但非常精确的恒星平均密度测量。我们比较了恒星等时线和这个密度估计,发现M_s = 1.275 +/- 0.018 M_sun,恒星年龄为3.37 + 0.20/-0.47 Gyr。利用这一M_s估计值,结合星震学的密度约束,我们对测光和公布的径向速度进行了模拟,估计出行星半径R_p= 1.0870 +/- 0.0066木星半径和恒星半径R_s = 1.5007 +/- 0.0076 R_sun。这颗行星的半径比以前的研究中发现的要大,并且与具有相同质量和平衡温度的太阳组成气体巨行星的理论模型一致。对于这三次凌日,我们确定了6.2 s、7.6 s和6.9 s的中间凌日时间,HD 17156的凌日时间没有显示出任何明显偏离恒定周期的情况。对凌日测光和星震学的联合分析预示着美国航天局开普勒飞行任务将使类似的研究成为可能。

英文摘要:

We present observations of three distinct transits of HD 17156b obtained with the Fine Guidance Sensors (FGS) on board the Hubble Space Telescope} (HST). We analyzed both the transit photometry and previously published radial velocities to find the planet-star radius ratio R_p/R_s = 0.07454 +/- 0.00035, inclination i=86.49 +0.24/-0.20 deg, and scaled semi-major axis a/R = 23.19 +0.32/-0.27. This last value translates directly to a mean stellar density determination of 0.522 +0.021/-0.018 g cm^-3. Analysis of asteroseismology observations by the companion paper of Gilliland et al. (2009) provides a consistent but significantly refined measurement of the stellar mean density. We compare stellar isochrones to this density estimate and find M_s = 1.275 +/- 0.018 M_sun and a stellar age of $3.37 +0.20/-0.47 Gyr. Using this estimate of M_s and incorporating the density constraint from asteroseismology, we model both the photometry and published radial velocities to estimate the planet radius R_p= 1.0870 +/- 0.0066 Jupiter radii and the stellar radius R_s = 1.5007 +/- 0.0076 R_sun. The planet radius is larger than that found in previous studies and consistent with theoretical models of a solar-composition gas giant of the same mass and equilibrium temperature. For the three transits, we determine the times of mid-transit to a precision of 6.2 s, 7.6 s, and 6.9 s, and the transit times for HD 17156 do not show any significant departures from a constant period. The joint analysis of transit photometry and asteroseismology presages similar studies that will be enabled by the NASA Kepler Mission.

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