The spin-orbit angle of the transiting hot Jupiter CoRoT-1b
We measure the angle between the planetary orbit and the stellar rotation axis in the transiting planetary system CoRoT-1, with new HIRES/Keck and FORS/VLT high-accuracy photometry. The data indicate a highly tilted system, with a projected spin-orbit angle λ = 77° +/- 11°. Systematic uncertainties in the radial velocity data could cause the actual
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