Improving light curve parameters of exoplanets based on TESS data

Gajdoš, P.; Maliuk, A.; Vítková, M.; Parviainen, H.
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Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnate Pleso

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2021
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4
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We revise parameters of four transiting hot Jupiter planets discovered by ground-based surveys. We use follow-up observations carried by TESS mission together with PyTransit software. Space telescopes like TESS provide better coverage and photometry precision than ground-based telescopes. PyTransit is fast and user-friendly exoplanet transit light curve modelling package, implementing optimised versions of the Gimenéz and the Mandel & Agol transit models. After applying PyTransit to TESS data, our results show an improvement in the exoplanets parameters estimation.
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The search for life in the universe has been driven by recent discoveries of planets around other stars (known as exoplanets), becoming one of the most active fields in modern astrophysics. The growing number of new exoplanets discovered in recent years and the recent advance on the study of their atmospheres are not only providing new valuable

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