CHEOPS Precision Phase Curve of the Super-Earth 55 Cnc e

B. M. Morris, L. Delrez, A. Brandeker +79

55 Cnc e is a transiting super-Earth (radius $1.88{\mathrm{R}}_{\oplus }$ and mass $8{\mathrm{M}}_{\oplus }$) orbiting a G8V host star on a 17-hour orbit. Spitzer observations of the planet's phase…