Detecting companions to extrasolar planets using mutual events

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dc.creatorCabrera, J.
dc.creatorSchneider, J.
dc.date2007-03-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:53:21Z
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dc.descriptionWe investigate a new approach to the detection of companions to extrasolar planets beyond the transit method. We discuss the possibility of the existence of binary planets. We develop a method based on the imaging of a planet-companion as an unresolved system (but resolved from its parent star). It makes use of planet-companion mutual phenomena, namely mutual transits and mutual shadows. We show that companions can be detected and their radius measured down to lunar sizes.
dc.description6 pages, 7 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703609
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703609
dc.identifierA&A 464, 1133-1138 (2007)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066111
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/126223
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleDetecting companions to extrasolar planets using mutual events
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