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WASP-4b Arrived Early for the TESS Mission

  • Authors: L.G. Bouma, J.N. Winn, C. Baxter, W. Bhatti, F. Dai, T. Daylan, J.-M. Désert, M.L. Hill, S.R. Kane, K.G. Stassun, J. Villasenor, G.R. Ricker, R. Vanderspek, D.W. Latham, S. Seager, J.M. Jenkins, Z. Berta-Thompson, K. Colón, M. Fausnaugh, Ana Glidden, N. Guerrero, J.E. Rodriguez, J.D. Twicken, and B. Wohler

2019 The Astronomical Journal 157 217.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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TESS saw WASP-4b transit earlier than expected. Both plots show the deviations between observed and calculated transit times, where the calculation is based only on pre-TESS data and assumes a constant period. The blue bands depict the ±1σ credible interval of the predicted times. Top: The full timing data set spans 11 yr. The darkest points correspond to the most precise data. The binned TESS point is the weighted average of 18 TESS transits. Bottom: close-up of the TESS observations. The red band shows the average deviation of the TESS transits (±1σ), which arrived ﹩81.6\pm 11.7\ {\rm{s}}﹩ earlier than predicted.

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