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Charbonneau, David; Allen, Lori; Brown, Timothy; Gilliland, Ronald; Latham, David; Mandushev, Georgi; Megeath, Tom; Torres, Guillermo; Alonso Sobrino, Roi; O'Donovan, Francis; Sozzetti, Alessandro
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Spitzer Proposal ID #227
Advertised on:
9
2004
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Description
We propose to observe the newly-discovered transiting planet TrES-1
during the time of secondary eclipse (when the planet passes behind the
star). A successful measurement of this eclipse would constitute the
first direct detection of emission from an extrasolar planet. The
secondary eclipse will reveal two key quantities of the planet: its
temperature (from the eclipse depth), and its orbital eccentricity (from
the eclipse timing). Moreover, these observations will enable us to
characterize the high-precision, rapid-cadence photometric performance
of IRAC. A successful demonstration of this innovative use of IRAC would
open a new observing mode for Spitzer with applications extending well
beyond the study of extrasolar planets.