Hint of an exocomet transit in the CHEOPS light curve of HD 172555
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2023
HD 172555 is a young (∼20 Myr) A7V star surrounded by a 10 au wide debris disk suspected to be replenished partly by collisions between large planetesimals. Small evaporating transiting bodies, that is exocomets, have also been detected in this system by spectroscopy. After β Pictoris, this is another example of a system possibly witnessing a phase of the heavy bombardment of planetesimals. In such a system, small bodies trace dynamical evolution processes. We aim to constrain their dust content by using transit photometry. We performed a 2-day-long photometric monitoring of HD 172555 with the CHEOPS space telescope in order to detect shallow transits of exocomets with a typical expected duration of a few hours. The large oscillations in the light curve indicate that HD 172555 is a δ Scuti pulsating star. After removing those dominating oscillations, we found a hint of a transient absorption. If fitted with an exocomet transit model, it would correspond to an evaporating body passing near the star at a distance of 6.8±1.4R∗ (or 0.05±0.01 au) with a radius of 2.5 km. These properties are comparable to those of the exocomets already found in this system using spectroscopy, as well as those found in the β Pic system. The nuclei of the Solar System's Jupiter family comets, with radii of 2-6 km, are also comparable in size. This is the first piece of evidence of an exocomet photometric transit detection in the young system of HD 172555.
Comets: general
Stars: variables: δ Scuti
Circumstellar matter
Stars: individual: HD 172555
Techniques: photometric
Författare
F. Kiefer
Institut d 'Astrophysique de Paris
Observatoire de Paris
V. Van Grootel
Universite de Liège
A. L. des Etangs
Institut d 'Astrophysique de Paris
Gy M. Szabó
ELTE Eötvös Lorandand University
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
A. Brandeker
Stockholms universitet
C. Broeg
Universität Bern
A. Collier Cameron
University of St Andrews
A. Deline
Université de Genève
G. Olofsson
Stockholms universitet
T. G. Wilson
University of St Andrews
S. G. Sousa
Universidade do Porto
D. Gandolfi
Universita degli Studi di Torino
G. Hebrard
Institut d 'Astrophysique de Paris
Observatoire de Haute-Provence
Y. Alibert
Universität Bern
R. Alonso
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Universidad de la Laguna
G. Anglada
Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (ICE) - CSIC
Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)
T. Bárczy
Admatis
D. Barrado
Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB)
S. C.C. Barros
Universidade do Porto
W. Baumjohann
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
M. Beck
Université de Genève
T. Beck
Universität Bern
W. Benz
Universität Bern
N. Billot
Université de Genève
X. Bonfils
Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG)
J. Cabrera
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
S. Charnoz
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Szilard Csizmadia
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
M. B. Davies
Lunds universitet
M. Deleuil
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
L. Delrez
Universite de Liège
O. Demangeon
Universidade do Porto
B.O. Demory
Universität Bern
D. Ehrenreich
Université de Genève
Anders Erikson
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
A. Fortier
Universität Bern
L. Fossati
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
Malcolm Fridlund
Chalmers, Rymd-, geo- och miljövetenskap, Astronomi och plasmafysik
Universiteit Leiden
Michaël Gillon
Universite de Liège
M. Gudel
Universität Wien
Kevin Heng
Universität Bern
The University of Warwick
S. Hoyer
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
K. Isaak
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
L.L. Kiss
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia
J. Laskar
Observatoire de Paris
M. Lendl
Université de Genève
C. Lovis
Université de Genève
D. Magrin
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
P. Maxted
Keele University
M. Munari
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
Valerio Nascimbeni
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
R. Ottensamer
Universität Wien
I. Pagano
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
E. Palle
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
G. Peter
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
D. Piazza
Universität Bern
Giampaolo P. Piotto
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
Università di Padova
D. Pollacco
The University of Warwick
D. Queloz
University of Cambridge
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH)
Roberto Ragazzoni
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
Università di Padova
N. Rando
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
F. Ratti
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
H. Rauer
Freie Universität Berlin
Technische Universität Berlin
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
C. Reimers
Universität Wien
I. Ribas
Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)
Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (ICE) - CSIC
N. C. Santos
Universidade do Porto
Gaetano Scandariato
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
D. Segransan
Université de Genève
A.E. Simon
Universität Bern
A. M.S. Smith
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Manfred B. Steller
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
N. Thomas
Universität Bern
S. Udry
Université de Genève
I. Walter
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
N. A. Walton
University of Cambridge
Astronomy and Astrophysics
0004-6361 (ISSN) 1432-0746 (eISSN)
Vol. 671 A25Satellitstudier av exoplaneters mångfald
Rymdstyrelsen (174/18), 2019-02-04 -- 2023-08-01.
Ämneskategorier
Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi
Atom- och molekylfysik och optik
Annan fysik
DOI
10.1051/0004-6361/202245104