Constraining the reflective properties of WASP-178 b using CHEOPS photometry
Journal article, 2024
Context. Multiwavelength photometry of the secondary eclipses of extrasolar planets is able to disentangle the reflected and thermally emitted light radiated from the planetary dayside. Based on this, we can measure the planetary geometric albedo Ag, which is an indicator of the presence of clouds in the atmosphere, and the recirculation efficiency ϵ, which quantifies the energy transport within the atmosphere. Aims. We measure Ag and ϵ for the planet WASP-178 b, a highly irradiated giant planet with an estimated equilibrium temperature of 2450 K. Methods. We analyzed archival spectra and the light curves collected by CHEOPS and TESS to characterize the host WASP-178, refine the ephemeris of the system, and measure the eclipse depth in the passbands of the two telescopes. Results. We measured a marginally significant eclipse depth of 70 ± 40 ppm in the TESS passband, and a statistically significant depth of 70 ± 20 ppm in the CHEOPS passband. Conclusions. Combining the eclipse-depth measurement in the CHEOPS (λeff = 6300 Å) and TESS (λeff = 8000 Å) passbands, we constrained the dayside brightness temperature of WASP-178 b in the 2250-2800 K interval. The geometric albedo 0.1< Ag<0.35 generally supports the picture that giant planets are poorly reflective, while the recirculation efficiency ϵ >0.7 makes WASP-178 b an interesting laboratory for testing the current heat-recirculation models.
planets and satellites: atmospheres
planets and satellites: gaseous planets
techniques: photometric
planets and satellites: individual: wasp-178 b
planets and satellites: detection
Author
I. Pagano
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
Gaetano Scandariato
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
V. Singh
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
M. Lendl
University of Geneva
D. Queloz
University of Cambridge
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)
A.E. Simon
University of Bern
S. G. Sousa
University of Porto
A. Brandeker
Stockholm University
A. Collier Cameron
University of St Andrews
S. Sulis
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
V. Van Grootel
University of Liège
T.G. Wilson
University of St Andrews
Y. Alibert
University of Bern
R. Alonso
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
University of La Laguna
G. Anglada
Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC)
Institute of Space Sciences (ICE) - CSIC
T. Bárczy
Admatis
D. Barrado Navascues
European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC)
S.C.C. Barros
University of Porto
W. Baumjohann
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
M. Beck
University of Geneva
T. Beck
University of Bern
W. Benz
University of Bern
N. Billot
University of Geneva
X. Bonfils
Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG)
L. Borsato
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
C. Broeg
University of Bern
G. Bruno
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
L. Carone
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
S. Charnoz
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
C. Corral Van Damme
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
Szilard Csizmadia
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
P. E. Cubillos
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
M. B. Davies
Lund University
M. Deleuil
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
A. Deline
University of Geneva
L. Delrez
University of Liège
O. Demangeon
University of Porto
B.O. Demory
University of Bern
D. Ehrenreich
University of Geneva
Anders Erikson
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
A. Fortier
University of Bern
L. Fossati
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
Malcolm Fridlund
Leiden University
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Astronomy and Plasmaphysics
D. Gandolfi
University of Turin
Michaël Gillon
University of Liège
M. Gudel
University of Vienna
Maximilian N. Günther
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
Ch. Helling
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
Technische Universität Graz
S. Hoyer
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
K. Isaak
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
L. L. Kiss
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
E. Kopp
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
K. W.F. Lam
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
J. Laskar
Paris Observatory
A. L. des Etangs
Institut d 'Astrophysique de Paris
D. Magrin
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
P. Maxted
Keele University
C. Mordasini
University of Bern
M. Munari
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
Valerio Nascimbeni
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
G. Olofsson
Stockholm University
R. Ottensamer
University of Vienna
Enric Palle
University of La Laguna
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
G. Peter
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Giampaolo P. Piotto
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
University of Padua
D. Pollacco
The University of Warwick
R. Ragazzoni
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
University of Padua
N. Rando
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
H. Rauer
Technische Universität Berlin
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Freie Universität Berlin
C. Reimers
University of Vienna
I. Ribas
Institute of Space Sciences (ICE) - CSIC
Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC)
M. Rieder
University of Bern
N. C. Santos
University of Porto
D. Segransan
University of Geneva
A. M.S. Smith
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
M. Stalport
University of Liège
Manfred B. Steller
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
G.M. Szabó
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
Nicolas Thomas
University of Bern
S. Udry
University of Geneva
J. Venturini
University of Geneva
N. A. Walton
University of Cambridge
Astronomy and Astrophysics
0004-6361 (ISSN) 1432-0746 (eISSN)
Vol. 682 A102Exoplanet diversity with satellite studies
Swedish National Space Board (174/18), 2019-02-04 -- 2023-08-01.
Subject Categories
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
DOI
10.1051/0004-6361/202346705