Author： Simpson E. K. Pollacco D. Hébrard G. Gibson N. P. Barros S. C. C. Boisse I. Bouchy F. Cameron A. Collier Miller G. R. M. Watson C. A. Keenan F. P.
Publisher： Oxford University Press
ISSN： 0035-8711
Source： Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol.405, Iss.3, 2010-07, pp. : 1867-1872
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ABSTRACTWe present an observation of the Rossiter–McLaughlin effect for the planetary system WASP-3. Radial velocity measurements were made during transit using the SOPHIE spectrograph at the 1.93-m telescope at Haute-Provence Observatory. The shape of the effect shows that the sky-projected angle between the stellar rotation axis and planetary orbital axis (λ) is small and consistent with zero within . WASP-3b joins the ∼two-thirds of planets with measured spin–orbit angles that are well aligned and are thought to have undergone a dynamically gentle migration process such as planet–disc interactions. We find a systematic effect which leads to an anomalously high determination of the projected stellar rotational velocity (
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