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astro-ph2007★ 76 cited

Masses of Nix and Hydra

David J. Tholen, Marc W. Buie, William M. Grundy +1

A four-body orbit solution for the Pluto system yields GM values of 870.3 +/- 3.7, 101.4 +/- 2.8, 0.039 +/- 0.034, and 0.021 +/- 0.042 km3 sec-2 for Pluto, Charon, Nix, and Hydra,…

astro-ph2007★ 88 cited

Identification, Classifications, and Absolute Properties of 773 Eclipsing Binaries Found in the TrES Survey

Jonathan Devor, David Charbonneau, Francis T. O'Donovan +2

In recent years we have witnessed an explosion of photometric time-series data, collected for the purpose of finding a small number of rare sources, such as transiting extrasolar p…

astro-ph2007★ 14 cited

The 2003 Nov 14 occultation by Titan of TYC 1343-1865-1. II. Analysis of light curves

A. Zalucha, A. Fitzsimmons, J. L. Elliot +6

We observed a stellar occultation by Titan on 2003 November 14 from La Palma Observatory using ULTRACAM with three Sloan filters: u', g', and i' (358, 487, and 758 nm, respectively…

astro-ph2007★ 182 cited

XO-3b: A Massive Planet in an Eccentric Orbit Transiting an F5V Star

Christopher M. Johns-Krull, Peter R. McCullough, Christopher J. Burke +13

We report the discovery of a massive (Mpsini = 13.02 +/- 0.64 Mjup; total mass 13.25 +/- 0.64 Mjup), large (1.95 +/- 0.16 Rjup) planet in a transiting, eccentric orbit (e = 0.260 +…

astro-ph2007★ 7 cited

First Observation of Planet-Induced X-ray Emission: The System HD 179949

S. H. Saar, M. Cuntz, V. L. Kashyap +1

We present the first observation of planet-induced stellar X-ray activity, identified for the HD 179949 system, using Chandra / ACIS-S. The HD 179949 system consists of a close-in…

astro-ph2007★ 12 cited

New insights into the nature of the SMC WR/LBV binary HD 5980

C. Foellmi, G. Koenigsberger, L. Georgiev +14

We present the results of optical wavelength observations of the unusual SMC eclipsing binary system HD 5980 obtained in 1999 and 2004--2005. Radial velocity curves for the eruptin…