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TWO TRANSITING LOW DENSITY SUB-SATURNS FROM K2

  • Authors: Erik A. Petigura, Andrew W. Howard, Eric D. Lopez, Katherine M. Deck, Benjamin J. Fulton, Ian J. M. Crossfield, David R. Ciardi, Eugene Chiang, Eve J. Lee, Howard Isaacson, Charles A. Beichman, Brad M. S. Hansen, Joshua E. Schlieder, and Evan Sinukoff

2016 The Astrophysical Journal 818 36.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Top: raw photometry computed by summing the background-subtracted counts inside a circular aperture (3 pixel radius) centered on K2-24. Bottom: photometry after correcting for variations due to telescope roll angle. Noise on three-hour timescales has been reduced by a factor of 8. The ∼0.1% variability gives an upper limit to intrinsic stellar variability. Visual inspection gives a weak suggestion of a ∼20-day periodicity, but we do not consider this a compelling detection of rotational modulation. Since stars drift perpendicular to the roll direction over the course of a campaign, it is difficult to disentangle long-term astrophysical variability from position-dependent variability. The data used to produce the bottom panel is included as an electronic supplement.The data used to create this figure are available.

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