KPS-1b: The First Transiting Exoplanet Discovered Using an Amateur Astronomer's Wide-field CCD Data
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC, cilt.130, sa.989, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 130 Sayı: 989
- Basım Tarihi: 2018
- Doi Numarası: 10.1088/1538-3873/aabde2
- Dergi Adı: PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Anahtar Kelimeler: methods: data analysis, planets and satellites: detection, planets and satellites: gaseous planets, planets and satellites: individual (KPS-1b), stars: individual (KPS-1), PLANET, PROJECT, TOOL, PHOTOMETRY, PROGRAM, NETWORK, SEARCH, ORBIT, STAR
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
We report the discovery of the transiting hot Jupiter KPS-1b. This exoplanet orbits a V = 13.0 K1-type main-sequence star every 1.7. days, has a mass of 1.090(-0.087)(+0.086) M-Jup and a radius of 1.03(-0.12)(+0.13) R-Jup. The discovery was made by the prototype Kourovka Planet Search (KPS) project, which used wide-field CCD data gathered by an amateur astronomer using readily available and relatively affordable equipment. Here we describe the equipment and observing technique used for the discovery of KPS-1b, its characterization with spectroscopic observations by the SOPHIE spectrograph and with high-precision photometry obtained with 1 m class telescopes. We also outline the KPS project evolution into the Galactic Plane eXoplanet survey. The discovery of KPS-1b represents a new major step of the contribution of amateur astronomers to the burgeoning field of exoplanetology.