Date of Award
January 2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Space Studies
First Advisor
Carolina von Essen
Abstract
The University of North Dakota Space Studies Internet Observatory was used to observe the transits of hot Jupiter exoplanets. Targets for this research were selected from the list of currently confirmed exoplanets using the following criteria: radius > 0.5 Rjup, discovered since 2011, orbiting stars with apparent magnitude > 13. Eleven transits were observed distributed across nine targets with the goal of performing differential photometry for parameter refinement and transit timing variation analysis if data quality allowed. Data quality was ultimately insufficient for robust parameter refinement, but tentative calculations of mid-transit times were made of three of the observed transits. Mid-transit times for WASP-103b and WASP-48b were consistent with predictions and the existing database.
Recommended Citation
Mccloat, Sean Peter, "Transit Photometry Of Recently Discovered Hot Jupiters" (2017). Theses and Dissertations. 2282.
https://commons.und.edu/theses/2282