The CHEOPS view of the climate of WASP-3 b
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2024
Context. Hot Jupiters are giant planets subject to intense stellar radiation. The physical and chemical properties of their atmosphere make them the most amenable targets for atmospheric characterization. Aims. In this paper we analyze the photometry collected during the secondary eclipses of the hot Jupiter WASP-3 b by CHEOPS, TESS, and Spitzer. Our aim is to characterize the atmosphere of the planet by measuring the secondary eclipse depth in several passbands and constrain the planetary dayside spectrum. Methods. We updated the radius and the ephemeris of WASP-3 b by analyzing the transit photometry collected by CHEOPS and TESS. We also analyzed the CHEOPS, TESS, and Spitzer photometry of the occultations of the planet, measuring the eclipse depth at different wavelengths. Results. Our update of the stellar and planetary properties is consistent with previous works. The analysis of the occultations returns an eclipse depth of 92±21 ppm in the CHEOPS passband, 83±27 ppm for TESS, and >2000 ppm in the IRAC 1-2-4 Spitzer passbands. Using the eclipse depths in the Spitzer bands, we propose a set of likely emission spectra that constrain the emission contribution in the CHEOPS and TESS passbands to approximately a few dozen parts per million. This allowed us to measure a geometric albedo of 0.21±0.07 in the CHEOPS passband, while the TESS data lead to a 95% upper limit of ∼0.2. Conclusions. WASP-3 b belongs to the group of ultra-hot Jupiters that are characterized by a low Bond albedo (<0.3±0.1), as predicted by different atmospheric models. On the other hand, it seems to efficiently recirculate the absorbed stellar energy, which is not typical for similar, highly irradiated planets. To explain this inconsistency, we propose that other energy recirculation mechanisms are at play besides advection (for example, the dissociation and recombination of H2). Another possibility is that the observations in different bandpasses probe different atmospheric layers; this would make the atmospheric analysis difficult without an appropriate modeling of the thermal emission spectrum of WASP-3 b, which is not feasible with the limited spectroscopic data available to date.
planets and satellites: gaseous planets
planets and satellites: detection
planets and satellites: individual: WASP-3b
techniques: photometric
planets and satellites: atmospheres
Författare
Gaetano Scandariato
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
L. Carone
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
P. E. Cubillos
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
P. Maxted
Keele University
Tiziano Zingales
Università di Padova
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
Maximilian N. Günther
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
A. Heitzmann
Université de Genève
M. Lendl
Université de Genève
T.G. Wilson
The University of Warwick
A. Bonfanti
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
G. Bruno
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
A. Krenn
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
E. Meier Valdes
Universität Bern
V. Singh
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
M.I. Swayne
University of Glasgow
Keele University
Y. Alibert
Universität Bern
R. Alonso
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Universidad de la Laguna
T. Bárczy
Admatis
D. Barrado Navascues
European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC)
S.C.C. Barros
Universidade do Porto
W. Baumjohann
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
W. Benz
Universität Bern
N. Billot
Université de Genève
L. Borsato
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
A. Brandeker
Stockholms universitet
C. Broeg
Universität Bern
M. Buder
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
M.-D. Busch
Universität Bern
A. Collier Cameron
University of St Andrews
A. Correia
Centre for Physics of the University of Coimbra
Szilard Csizmadia
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Melvyn B. Davies
Lunds universitet
M. Deleuil
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
A. Deline
Université de Genève
L. Delrez
Universite de Liège
KU Leuven
O. Demangeon
Universidade do Porto
B.O. Demory
Universität Bern
A. Derekas
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
Billy Edwards
Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON)
D. Ehrenreich
Université de Genève
Anders Erikson
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
J. Farinato
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
A. Fortier
Universität Bern
L. Fossati
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
Malcolm Fridlund
Universiteit Leiden
Chalmers, Rymd-, geo- och miljövetenskap, Astronomi och plasmafysik
D. Gandolfi
Universita degli Studi di Torino
K. Gazeas
University of Athens
Michaël Gillon
Universite de Liège
M. Gudel
Universität Wien
Ch. Helling
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
Technische Universität Graz
K. Isaak
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
L. L. Kiss
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia
Judith Korth
Lunds universitet
K. W.F. Lam
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
J. Laskar
Observatoire de Paris
A. L. des Etangs
Institut d 'Astrophysique de Paris
D. Magrin
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
Bruno Merín
European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC)
C. Mordasini
Universität Bern
Valerio Nascimbeni
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
G. Olofsson
Stockholms universitet
R. Ottensamer
Universität Wien
I. Pagano
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
Enric Palle
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Universidad de la Laguna
G. Peter
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
D. Piazza
Universität Bern
Giampaolo P. Piotto
Università di Padova
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
Don L. Pollacco
The University of Warwick
D. Queloz
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH)
University of Cambridge
Roberto Ragazzoni
Università di Padova
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica (INAF)
N. Rando
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)
H. Rauer
Freie Universität Berlin
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
I. Ribas
Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)
Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (ICE) - CSIC
N. C. Santos
Universidade do Porto
D. Segransan
Université de Genève
A.E. Simon
Universität Bern
A. M.S. Smith
Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
S.G. Sousa
Universidade do Porto
M. Stalport
Universite de Liège
S. Sulis
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
G.M. Szabó
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
S. Udry
Université de Genève
V. Van Grootel
Universite de Liège
J. Venturini
Université de Genève
E. Villaver
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Universidad de la Laguna
N. A. Walton
University of Cambridge
Astronomy and Astrophysics
0004-6361 (ISSN) 1432-0746 (eISSN)
Vol. 692 A129Ämneskategorier
Meteorologi och atmosfärforskning
Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi
Geofysik
DOI
10.1051/0004-6361/202451049
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