Bibcode
Hoyer, S.; Pallé, E.; Dragomir, D.; Murgas, F.
Bibliographical reference
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 151, Issue 6, article id. 137, 8 pp. (2016).
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2016
Citations
44
Refereed citations
42
Description
We present 15 new transit observations of the exoplanet WASP-43b in the
i‧, g‧, and R filters with the 1.0 m telescopes of Las
Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network and the IAC80 telescope. We
combine our 15 new light curves with 52 others from the literature, to
homogeneously analyze all the available transit light curves of this
exoplanet. By extending the time span of the monitoring of the transits
to more than five years, and by analyzing the individual mid-times of 72
transits, we study the proposed shortening of the orbital period of
WASP-43b. We estimate that the times of transit are well-matched by our
updated ephemeris equation, using a constant orbital period. We estimate
an orbital period change rate no larger than \dot{P} = ‑0.02
± 6.6 ms yr‑1, which is fully consistent with a
constant period. Based on the timing analysis, we discard stellar tidal
dissipation factors Q* < 105. In addition, we
update the system parameters: a/Rs = 4.867(23), i = 82.11(10)°, and
Rp/Rs = 0.15942(41), noticing a difference in the
relative size of the planet between optical and NIR bands.