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2011A&A...534A..67T - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 534A, 67-67 (2011/10-1)

CoRoT LRa02_E2_0121: Neptune-size planet candidate turns into a hierarchical triple system with a giant primary.

TAL-OR L., SANTERNE A., MAZEH T., BOUCHY F., MOUTOU C., ALONSO R., GANDOLFI D., AIGRAIN S., AUVERGNE M., BARGE P., BONOMO A.S., BORDE P., DEEG H., FERRAZ-MELLO S., DELEUIL M., DVORAK R., ERIKSON A., FRIDLUND M., GILLON M., GUENTHER E.W., GUILLOT T., HATZES A., JORDA L., LAMMER H., LEGER A., LLEBARIA A., OLLIVIER M., PAETZOLD M., QUELOZ D., RAUER H., ROUAN D., TSODIKOVICH Y. and WUCHTERL G.

Abstract (from CDS):

This paper presents the case of CoRoT LRa02E20121, which was initially classified as a Neptune-size transiting-planet candidate on a relatively wide orbit of 36.3 days. Follow-up observations were performed with UVES, Sandiford, SOPHIE, and HARPS. These observations revealed a faint companion in the spectra. To find the true nature of the system we derived the radial velocities of the faint companion using TODMOR - a two-dimensional correlation technique, applied to the SOPHIE spectra. Modeling the lightcurve with EBAS we discovered a secondary eclipse with a depth of ∼0.07%, indicating a diluted eclipsing binary. Combined MCMC modeling of the lightcurve and the radial velocities suggested that CoRoT LRa02E20121 is a hierarchical triple system with an evolved G-type primary and an A-type:F-type grazing eclipsing binary. Such triple systems are difficult to discover.

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Journal keyword(s): planetary systems - binaries: eclipsing - techniques: photometric - techniques: radial velocities

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