Bibcode
Lecavelier des Etangs, A.; Hébrard, G.; Blandin, S.; Cassier, J.; Deeg, H. J.; Bonomo, A. S.; Bouchy, F.; Désert, J.-M.; Ehrenreich, D.; Deleuil, M.; Díaz, R. F.; Moutou, C.; Vidal-Madjar, A.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 603, id.A115, 8 pp.
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2017
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Description
Using Spitzer photometry at 4.5 microns, we search for rings and
satellites around the long period transiting planet CoRoT-9b. We
observed two transits in 2010 and 2011. From their non-detection, we
derive upper limits on the plausible physical characteristics of these
objects in the planet environment. We show that a satellite larger than
about 2.5 Earth radii is excluded at 3σ for a wide range of
elongations at the two epochs of observations. Combining the two
observations, we conclude that rings are excluded for a wide variety of
sizes and inclination. We find that for a ring extending up to the Roche
limit, its inclination angle from the edge-on configuration as seen from
the Earth must be lower than 13° in the case of silicate composition
and lower than 3° in the case of material with water ice density.
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