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ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 136, Issue 1, Pages 267-271Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/136/1/267
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planetary systems; stars : individual (TrES-3, GSC 0308900929); techniques : photometric
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We present photometry of the exoplanet host star TrES-3 spanning six occultations (secondary eclipses) of its giant planet. No flux decrements were detected, leading to 99%-confidence upper limits on the planet-to-star flux ratio of 2.4 x 10(-4), 5.0 x 10(-4), and 8.6 x 10(-4) in the i-, z-, and R-bands respectively. The corresponding upper limits on the planet's geometric albedo are 0.30, 0.62, and 1.07. The upper limit in the i-band rules out the presence of highly reflective clouds, and is only a factor of 2-3 above the predicted level of thermal radiation from the planet.
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