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Measurement of the Spin-Orbit Angle of Exoplanet HAT-P-1b*

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John Asher Johnson1,2, Joshua N. Winn3, Norio Narita4, Keigo Enya5, Peter K. G. Williams1, Geoffrey W. Marcy1, Bun'ei Sato6, Yasuhiro Ohta7, Atsushi Taruya7, Yasushi Suto7, Edwin L. Turner8, Gaspar Bakos9, R. Paul Butler10, Steven S. Vogt11, Wako Aoki4, Motohide Tamura4, Toru Yamada12, Yuzuru Yoshii13 and Marton Hidas14

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We present new spectroscopic and photometric observations of the HAT-P-1 planetary system. Spectra obtained during three transits exhibit the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect, allowing us to measure the angle between the sky projections of the stellar spin axis and orbit normal, λ = 3.7°± 2.1°. The small value of λ for this and other systems suggests that the dominant planet migration mechanism preserves spin-orbit alignment. Using two new transit light curves, we refine the transit ephemeris and reduce the uncertainty in the orbital period by an order of magnitude. We find a upper limit on the orbital eccentricity of 0.067, with 99% confidence, by combining our new radial velocity measurements with those obtained previously.

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*  Based on observations obtained at the Keck Observatory, which is operated as a scientific partnership among the California Institute of Technology, the University of California, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the Subaru Telescope, which is operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan; and the Lick Observatory, which is operated by the University of California.
Subject headings

planetary systems: formation; stars: individual (ADS 16402A, HAT-P-1); techniques: radial velocities


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Issue 1 (2008 October 10)

Received 2008 April 28, accepted for publication 2008 June 9



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