KOI-126: A triply eclipsing hierarchical triple with two low-mass stars

Joshua A. Carter; Daniel C. Fabrycky; Darin Ragozzine; Matthew J. Holman; Samuel N. Quinn; David W. Latham; Lars A. Buchhave; Jeffrey Van Cleve; William D. Cochran; Miles T. Cote; Michael Endl; Eric B. Ford; Michael R. Haas; Jon M. Jenkins; David G. Koch; Jie Li; Jack J. Lissauer; Phillip J. MacQueen; Christopher K. Middour; Jerome A. Orosz; Jason F. Rowe; Jason H. Steffen; William F. Welsh

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KOI-126: A triply eclipsing hierarchical triple with two low-mass stars

Joshua A. Carter, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Darin Ragozzine, Matthew J. Holman, Samuel N. Quinn, David W. Latham, Lars A. Buchhave, Jeffrey Van Cleve, William D. Cochran, Miles T. Cote, Michael Endl, Eric B. Ford, Michael R. Haas, Jon M. Jenkins, David G. Koch, Jie Li, Jack J. Lissauer, Phillip J. MacQueen, Christopher K. Middour, Jerome A. OroszJason F. Rowe, Jason H. Steffen, William F. Welsh

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The Kepler spacecraft has been monitoring the light from 150,000 stars in its primary quest to detect transiting exoplanets. Here, we report on the detection of an eclipsing stellar hierarchical triple, identified in the Kepler photometry. KOI-126 [A, (B, C)], is composed of a low-mass binary [masses M _B = 0.2413 ± 0.0030 solar mass (M_{Fish eye}), M _C = 0.2127 ± 0.0026 M_{Fish eye}; radii R_B = 0.2543 ± 0.0014 solar radius (R_{Fish eye}), R_C = 0.2318 ± 0.0013 R_{Fish eye}; orbital period P₁ = 1.76713 ± 0.00019 days] on an eccentric orbit about a third star (mass M_A = 1.347 ± 0.032 M_{Fish eye}; radius R_A = 2.0254 ± 0.0098 R_{Fish eye}; period of orbit around the low-mass binary P₂ = 33.9214 ± 0.0013 days; eccentricity of that orbit e₂ = 0.3043 ± 0.0024). The low-mass pair probe the poorly sampled fully convective stellar domain offering a crucial benchmark for theoretical stellar models.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	562-565
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	331
Issue number	6017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1201274
State	Published - Feb 4 2011

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Carter, J. A., Fabrycky, D. C., Ragozzine, D., Holman, M. J., Quinn, S. N., Latham, D. W., Buchhave, L. A., Van Cleve, J., Cochran, W. D., Cote, M. T., Endl, M., Ford, E. B., Haas, M. R., Jenkins, J. M., Koch, D. G., Li, J., Lissauer, J. J., MacQueen, P. J., Middour, C. K., ... Welsh, W. F. (2011). KOI-126: A triply eclipsing hierarchical triple with two low-mass stars. Science, 331(6017), 562-565. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1201274

Carter, Joshua A. ; Fabrycky, Daniel C. ; Ragozzine, Darin ; Holman, Matthew J. ; Quinn, Samuel N. ; Latham, David W. ; Buchhave, Lars A. ; Van Cleve, Jeffrey ; Cochran, William D. ; Cote, Miles T. ; Endl, Michael ; Ford, Eric B. ; Haas, Michael R. ; Jenkins, Jon M. ; Koch, David G. ; Li, Jie ; Lissauer, Jack J. ; MacQueen, Phillip J. ; Middour, Christopher K. ; Orosz, Jerome A. ; Rowe, Jason F. ; Steffen, Jason H. ; Welsh, William F. / KOI-126 : A triply eclipsing hierarchical triple with two low-mass stars. In: Science. 2011 ; Vol. 331, No. 6017. pp. 562-565.

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