Brightness "Dips" Caused by Two Transiting Exoplanets
Brightness "dips" of the stars OGLE-TR-113 (upper) and OGLE-TR-132 (lower), as observed during the OGLE survey. It is now known that they are caused by transiting extra-solar planets (exoplanets) of the new "very hot Jupiter" class. The abscissa represents the orbital phase (one revolution = 1) and the ordinate the relative brightness. As can be seen the brightness variations are of the order of 3 % (upper) and 1% (lower), respectively.
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About the Image
| Id: | eso0415c |
| Type: | Chart |
| Release date: | 7 May 2004 |
| Related releases: | eso0415 |
| Size: | 800 x 786 px |
About the Object
| Name: | OGLE-TR-113, OGLE-TR-132 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Planet : Special Cases : Hot Jupiter • Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
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