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Accurate Empirical Radii and Masses of Planets and Their Host Stars with Gaia Parallaxes

  • Authors: Keivan G. Stassun, Karen A. Collins, and B. Scott Gaudi

2017 The Astronomical Journal 153 136.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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(Left) Fractional uncertainty on ﹩{F}_{\mathrm{bol}}﹩ from the SED fitting procedure as a function of ﹩{\chi }_{\nu }^{2}﹩ and of ﹩{T}_{\mathrm{eff}}﹩ uncertainty. The vertical line represents the cutoff of ﹩{\chi }_{\nu }^{2}\leqslant 5﹩ for which the uncertainty on ﹩{F}_{\mathrm{bol}}﹩ is at most 6% for most stars, thus permitting a determination of ﹩{R}_{\star }﹩ to ≈3%. Points with blue halos represent stars with transiting planets. (Right) Distribution of fractional ﹩{F}_{\mathrm{bol}}﹩ uncertainties for stars with ﹩{\chi }_{\nu }^{2}\leqslant 5﹩. The median uncertainty on ﹩{F}_{\mathrm{bol}}﹩ for transiting-planet host stars (blue) is 2%; it is 1.7% for all stars.

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