WASP-12 individual transit fit with TESS

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After observing WASP-12 in the second year of the primary mission, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) revisited the system in late 2021 during its extended mission. In this paper, we incorporate the new TESS photometry into a reanalysis of the transits, secondary eclipses, and phase curve. We also present a new Ks-band occultation observation of WASP-12b obtained with the Palomar/Wide-field Infrared Camera instrument. The latest TESS photometry spans three consecutive months, quadrupling the total length of the TESS WASP-12 light curve and extending the overall time baseline by almost two years. Based on the full set of available transit and occultation timings, we find that the orbital period is shrinking at a rate of -29.81{+/-}0.94ms/yr. The additional data also increase the measurement precision of the transit depth, orbital parameters, and phase-curve amplitudes. We obtain a secondary eclipse depth of 466{+/-}35ppm, a 2{sigma} upper limit on the nightside brightness of 70 ppm, and a marginal 6.2{+/-}2.8deg eastward offset between the dayside hotspot and the substellar point. The voluminous TESS data set allows us to assess the level of atmospheric variability on timescales of days, months, and years. We do not detect any statistically significant modulations in the secondary eclipse depth or day-night brightness contrast. Likewise, our measured Ks-band occultation depth of 2810{+/-}390ppm is consistent with most ~2.2{mu}m observations in the literature.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.51630175
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/163/175
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Creator Wong I.; Shporer A.; Vissapragada S.; Greklek-McKeon M.; Knutson H.A.,Winn J.N.; Benneke B.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2022
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Exoplanet Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy