The TTV plot for this amateur data appears to be plagued by
systematic errors, which is a more credible interpretation than the one
requiring another planet in a resonant orbit. An investigation by Alonso
et al (link) of
precision measurements of 80 consecutive transits
(139 days) by CoRoT showed no evidence for
TTV greater than ~10 seconds. This result was obtained by analyzing LC
data in a way that minimized stellar activity effects; when the data were
processed using a simple LC fitting procedure the greatest TTV anomaly
was ~20 seconds. Therefore it is unlikely that the TTV of this amateur
data is real, but it does illustrate one of the things we're looking for.
Basic data - updated 2009.08.22
RA = 19:27:06.5, DE = +01:23:02
Season = July 14
V
= 12.57
HJDo = 4706.4041
± 0.0030 &
P = 1.7429964 ± 0.0000017
days (as listed at Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia)
HJDo = 4706.40111
(35) & P = 1.7429949 (9)
days (AXA fit)
Depth = 35.2 ±
0.3 mmag
Length = 2.26 ±
0.02 hr
Fp = 0.33 ±
0.05, F2 = 0.82 ± 0.08
Amateur observations - updated 2009.08.22
References
Discovery paper: Alonso
et al, 2008a
TTV & Secondary Transit Search: Alonso et al, 2008b
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