AAS 207th Meeting, 8-12 January 2006
Session 110 Space-based Extra-Solar Planets: MOST, SPITZER, KEPLER, MPF
Poster, Wednesday, 9:20am-6:30pm, January 11, 2006, Exhibit Hall

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[110.07] MOST spacebased photometry of the transiting exoplanet system HD 209458: I. Albedo Measurements of an Extrasolar Planet

J.F. Rowe, J.M. Matthews (University of British Columbia), S. Seager (Carnegie Department of Terrestrial Magnetism), R. Kuschnig (University of British Columbia), D.B. Guenther (St. Mary's University), A.F.J. Moffat (Université de Montréal), S.M. Rucinski (University of Toronto), D. Sasselov (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), G.A.H. Walker (University of British Columbia), W.W. Weiss (Universität Wien)

We present space-based photometry of the transiting exoplanetary system HD 209458 obtained by the MOST (\textit{Microvariablity and Oscillations of STars}) satellite. MOST has observed the system with 14 day and 44 day observing runs separated by one year. We will report on observations and analysis for secondary eclipse detection in this system. We present reduced photometry and its implications for the depth of the eclipse which in turn is translated into an optical albedo (or an albedo upper limit) of the exoplanet. We discuss the implications of the albedo for constraining planet atmosphere and cloud models.


The author(s) of this abstract have provided an email address for comments about the abstract: rowe@astro.ubc.ca

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