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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

Caption: Figure 4.

Timing residuals and best-fit models for WASP-4b. The vertical axis shows the observed times minus the calculated times assuming a constant period for transits (top) and occultations (bottom). In the upper panel, darker points correspond to more precise data. The constant-period model (gray line) is a poor description of the data. Models with a decreasing period (blue) or an eccentric, precessing orbit (orange) provide better fits. The binned TESS point (red square) is the weighted average of 18 TESS transits and is for display purposes only. The models were fitted to all of the individual transit times.

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