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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 750, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/750/2/114
Keywords
methods: statistical; planetary systems; planets and satellites: detection; planets and satellites: dynamical evolution and stability; stars: individual (KID 10358759/KOI-738/Kepler-29, KID 3832474/KOI-806/Kepler-30, KID 9347899/KOI-935/Kepler-31, KID 9787239/KOI-952/Kepler-32)
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- NASA's Science Mission Directorate
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) [HF-51272.01-A, HF-51267.01-A, NAS 5-26555, NNX08AR04G]
- Space Telescope Science Institute
- National Science Foundation [0707203]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences [0707203] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Eighty planetary systems of two or more planets are known to orbit stars other than the Sun. For most, the data can be sufficiently explained by non-interacting Keplerian orbits, so the dynamical interactions of these systems have not been observed. Here we present four sets of light curves from the Kepler spacecraft, each which of shows multiple planets transiting the same star. Departure of the timing of these transits from strict periodicity indicates that the planets are perturbing each other: the observed timing variations match the forcing frequency of the other planet. This confirms that these objects are in the same system. Next we limit their masses to the planetary regime by requiring the system remain stable for astronomical timescales. Finally, we report dynamical fits to the transit times, yielding possible values for the planets' masses and eccentricities. As the timespan of timing data increases, dynamical fits may allow detailed constraints on the systems' architectures, even in cases for which high-precision Doppler follow-up is impractical.
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