The Transit Light Curve Project. I. Four Consecutive Transits of the Exoplanet XO‐1b

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Abstract

We present RIz photometry of four consecutive transits of the newly discovered exoplanet XO-1b. We improve on the estimates of the transit parameters, finding the planetary radius to be RP = 1.184 +0.028 -0.018 RJ, and the stellar radius to be R* = 0.928 +0.018 -0.013 R☉, assuming a stellar mass of M* = (1.00 ± 0.03) M☉. The uncertainties in the planetary and stellar radii are dominated by the uncertainty in the stellar mass. These uncertainties increase by a factor of 2-3 if a more conservative uncertainty of 0.10 M☉ is assumed for the stellar mass. Our estimate of the planetary radius is smaller than that reported by McCullough and coworkers, and the resulting estimate for the mean density of XO-1b is intermediate between that of the low-density planet HD 209458b and the higher density planets TrES-1 and HD 189733b. The timings of the transits have an accuracy ranging from 0.2 to 2.5 minutes and are marginally consistent with a uniform period.

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