Observation of transiting exoplanet TrES-2b at Maidanak Observatory in Uzbekistan

  • Yang, Yun-A (Department of physics and astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Gak (Department of physics and astronomy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kang, Won-Seok (Department of physics and astronomy, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2011.04.05

Abstract

We observed the transiting exoplanet, TrES-2b, with 1.5m telescope at Maidanak Observatory in Uzbekistan. We observed TrES-2 system for six nights, which contained two orbital periods of the planet. Therefore, we obtained the entire light curve of TrES-2b, which covered not only the whole primary transit containing both ingress and egress part, but also non-transit region. We used both R and Y band filters. Especially, Y filter is used first for transit observation and covers relatively longer wavelength ($1.02{\mu}m$ of center wavelength), to provide the light curve less affected by limb darkening. By fitting best model light curve for the obtained one, we determined these observables, transit depth, transit length, and planet's orbital period, which led to the determination of five physical parameters, stellar radius R*, stellar mass M*, inclination i, semi-major axis a, and planetary radius Rp. We will discuss of these results.

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