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REDISCUSSION OF ECLIPSING BINARIES. PAPER 7: DELTA SCUTI, GAMMA DORADUS, AND TIDALLY-PERTURBED PULSATIONS IN RR LYNCIS (2021)
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Taylor. (2021). REDISCUSSION OF ECLIPSING BINARIES. PAPER 7: DELTA SCUTI, GAMMA DORADUS, AND TIDALLY-PERTURBED PULSATIONS IN RR LYNCIS. Observatory, 141, 282

RR Lyn is a detached eclipsing binary with a 9.95 d orbit containing two A-stars: one metallic-lined and one possibly metal-poor. We use the light curve from the TESS satellite and two sets of published radial velocity measurements to determine the p... Read More about REDISCUSSION OF ECLIPSING BINARIES. PAPER 7: DELTA SCUTI, GAMMA DORADUS, AND TIDALLY-PERTURBED PULSATIONS IN RR LYNCIS.

REDISCUSSION OF ECLIPSING BINARIES. PAPER 6: THE F-TYPE SYSTEM V505 PERSEI (2021)
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Taylor. (2021). REDISCUSSION OF ECLIPSING BINARIES. PAPER 6: THE F-TYPE SYSTEM V505 PERSEI. Observatory, 141(1295), 234 - 245. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2106.04323

V505 Per is a detached eclipsing binary containing two F5 V stars in a 4.22 d circular orbit. We use a light curve from the TESS satellite and published radial velocity measurements to establish the properties of the system to high precision. The mas... Read More about REDISCUSSION OF ECLIPSING BINARIES. PAPER 6: THE F-TYPE SYSTEM V505 PERSEI.

Space-Based Photometry of Binary Stars: From Voyager to TESS (2021)
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Southworth, J. (2021). Space-Based Photometry of Binary Stars: From Voyager to TESS. Universe, 7(10), 369 - 369

Binary stars are crucial laboratories for stellar physics, so have been photometric targets for space missions beginning with the very first orbiting telescope (OAO-2) launched in 1968. This review traces the binary stars observed and the scientific... Read More about Space-Based Photometry of Binary Stars: From Voyager to TESS.

The ultra-hot-Jupiter KELT-16 b: Dynamical Evolution and Atmospheric Properties (2021)
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Mancini, L., Southworth, J., Naponiello, L., Baştürk, Ö., Barbato, D., Biagiotti, F., …Yalçınkaya, S. (2022). The ultra-hot-Jupiter KELT-16 b: Dynamical Evolution and Atmospheric Properties. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 509(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2691

Abstract We present broad-band photometry of 30 planetary transits of the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-16 b, using five medium-class telescopes. The transits were monitored through standard B,?V,?R,?I filters and four were simultaneously observed from diff... Read More about The ultra-hot-Jupiter KELT-16 b: Dynamical Evolution and Atmospheric Properties.

OGLE-2018-BLG-1185b: A Low-mass Microlensing Planet Orbiting a Low-mass Dwarf (2021)
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Kondo, I., Yee, J. C., Bennett, D. P., Sumi, T., Koshimoto, N., Bond, I. A., …Saha, A. (2021). OGLE-2018-BLG-1185b: A Low-mass Microlensing Planet Orbiting a Low-mass Dwarf. Astronomical Journal, 162(2), Article 77. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac00ba

We report an analysis of the planetary microlensing event OGLE-2018-BLG-1185, which was observed by a large number of ground-based telescopes and by the Spitzer Space Telescope. The ground-based light curve indicates a low planet–host star mass ratio... Read More about OGLE-2018-BLG-1185b: A Low-mass Microlensing Planet Orbiting a Low-mass Dwarf.

Six Outbursts of Comet 46P/Wirtanen (2021)
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Kelley, M. S. P., Farnham, T. L., Li, J., Bodewits, D., Snodgrass, C., Allen, J., …Unda-Sanzana, E. (2021). Six Outbursts of Comet 46P/Wirtanen. The Planetary Science Journal, 2(4), 131. https://doi.org/10.3847/psj/abfe11

Cometary activity is a manifestation of sublimation-driven processes at the surface of nuclei. However, cometary outbursts may arise from other processes that are not necessarily driven by volatiles. In order to fully understand nuclear surfaces and... Read More about Six Outbursts of Comet 46P/Wirtanen.

Transmission spectroscopy with VLT FORS2: a featureless spectrum for the low-density transiting exoplanet WASP-88b (2021)
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Spyratos, P., Nikolov, N., Southworth, J., Constantinou, S., Madhusudhan, N., Carter, A. L., …Mikal-Evans, T. (2021). Transmission spectroscopy with VLT FORS2: a featureless spectrum for the low-density transiting exoplanet WASP-88b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 506(2), 2853-2870. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab1847

We present ground-based optical transmission spectroscopy of the low-density hot Jupiter WASP-88b covering the wavelength range 4413 - 8333 Å with the FORS2 spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope. The FORS2 white light curves exhibit a significant... Read More about Transmission spectroscopy with VLT FORS2: a featureless spectrum for the low-density transiting exoplanet WASP-88b.

Rediscussion of eclipsing binaries. Paper V. The triple system V455 Aurigae (2021)
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Southworth, J. (2021). Rediscussion of eclipsing binaries. Paper V. The triple system V455 Aurigae. Observatory, 141(1283), 190-203

V455 Aur is a detached eclipsing binary containing two F-stars in a 3.15-d orbit with a small eccentricity. Its eclipses were discovered in data from the Hipparcos satellite and a spectroscopic orbit was obtained by Griffin (2001, 2013). Griffin foun... Read More about Rediscussion of eclipsing binaries. Paper V. The triple system V455 Aurigae.

REDISCUSSION OF ECLIPSING BINARIES. PAPER 4: THE EVOLVED G-TYPE SYSTEM AN CAMELOPARDALIS (2021)
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Taylor. (2021). REDISCUSSION OF ECLIPSING BINARIES. PAPER 4: THE EVOLVED G-TYPE SYSTEM AN CAMELOPARDALIS. Observatory, 141, 122 - 133

AN Cam is a little-studied eclipsing binary containing somewhat evolved components in an orbit with a period of 21(d).0 and an eccentricity of 0.47. A spectroscopic orbit based on photoelectric radial velocities was published in 1977. AN Cam has been... Read More about REDISCUSSION OF ECLIPSING BINARIES. PAPER 4: THE EVOLVED G-TYPE SYSTEM AN CAMELOPARDALIS.

The surface brightness–colour relations based on eclipsing binary stars and calibrated with Gaia EDR3 (2021)
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Graczyk, D., Pietrzyński, G., Gałan, C., Gieren, W., Tkachenko, A., Anderson, R., …Konorski, P. (2021). The surface brightness–colour relations based on eclipsing binary stars and calibrated with Gaia EDR3. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 649, Article A109. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202140571

Aims. The surface brightness–colour relation (SBCR) is a basic tool for establishing precise and accurate distances within the Local Group. Detached eclipsing binary stars with accurately determined radii and trigonometric parallaxes allow calibratio... Read More about The surface brightness–colour relations based on eclipsing binary stars and calibrated with Gaia EDR3.

The Nature of the Eccentric Double-lined Eclipsing Binary System KIC 2306740 with Kepler Space Photometry (2021)
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Kocak, D., Yakut, K., Southworth, J., Eggleton, P. P., Icli, T., Tout, C. A., & Bloemen, S. (2021). The Nature of the Eccentric Double-lined Eclipsing Binary System KIC 2306740 with Kepler Space Photometry. Astrophysical Journal, 910(2), Article 111. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abe546

We present a detailed study of KIC 2306740, an eccentric double-lined eclipsing binary system. Kepler satellite data were combined with spectroscopic data obtained with the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope (WHT). This allowed us to determine precise... Read More about The Nature of the Eccentric Double-lined Eclipsing Binary System KIC 2306740 with Kepler Space Photometry.

Rediscussion Of Eclipsing Binaries. Paper 2: The Eccentric Solar-type System KX Cancri (2021)
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Taylor. (2021). Rediscussion Of Eclipsing Binaries. Paper 2: The Eccentric Solar-type System KX Cancri. Observatory, 141, 22 - 31

KX Cancri is an eclipsing binary containing two G-type stars with an orbital period of 31.2 d and an eccentricity of 0.47. These qualities make it a promising candidate for a benchmark solar-type binary system. We analyse the first light curve of thi... Read More about Rediscussion Of Eclipsing Binaries. Paper 2: The Eccentric Solar-type System KX Cancri.

A ß?Cephei pulsator and a changing orbital inclination in the high-mass eclipsing binary system VV?Orionis (2020)
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Southworth, J., Bowman, D. M., & Pavlovski, K. (2021). A ß?Cephei pulsator and a changing orbital inclination in the high-mass eclipsing binary system VV?Orionis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 501(1), L65 - L70. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slaa197

We present an analysis of the high-mass eclipsing binary system VV?Ori based on photometry from the TESS satellite. The primary star (B1?V, 9.5?M??) shows ß?Cephei pulsations and the secondary (B7?V, 3.8?M??) is possibly a slowly pulsating B star. We... Read More about A ß?Cephei pulsator and a changing orbital inclination in the high-mass eclipsing binary system VV?Orionis.

Rediscussion Of Eclipsing Binaries. Paper I: The Totally-eclipsing B-type System Zeta Phoenicis (2020)
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Taylor. (2020). Rediscussion Of Eclipsing Binaries. Paper I: The Totally-eclipsing B-type System Zeta Phoenicis. Observatory, 140, 247 -262

zeta Phe is a bright binary system containing B6 V and B8 V stars. It has deep total and annular eclipses, a slightly eccentric orbit with a period of I-d.669, apsidal motion, and a third body on a wider orbit. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satelli... Read More about Rediscussion Of Eclipsing Binaries. Paper I: The Totally-eclipsing B-type System Zeta Phoenicis.

A white dwarf bound to the transiting planetary system WASP-98 (2020)
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Southworth, J., Tremblay, P., Gänsicke, B. T., Evans, D., & Močnik, T. (2020). A white dwarf bound to the transiting planetary system WASP-98. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 497(4), 4416 - 4422. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2328

WASP-98 is a planetary system containing a hot Jupiter transiting a late-G dwarf. A fainter star 12? distant has previously been identified as a white dwarf, with a distance and proper motion consistent with a physical association with the planetary... Read More about A white dwarf bound to the transiting planetary system WASP-98.

OGLE-2017-BLG-0406: Spitzer Microlens Parallax Reveals Saturn-mass Planet Orbiting M-dwarf Host in the Inner Galactic Disk (2020)
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Hirao, Y., Bennett, D. P., Ryu, Y., Koshimoto, N., Udalski, A., Yee, J. C., …Kandori, R. (2020). OGLE-2017-BLG-0406: Spitzer Microlens Parallax Reveals Saturn-mass Planet Orbiting M-dwarf Host in the Inner Galactic Disk. Astronomical Journal, 160(2), Article 74. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab9ac3

We report the discovery and analysis of the planetary microlensing event OGLE-2017-BLG-0406, which was observed both from the ground and by the Spitzer satellite in a solar orbit. At high magnification, the anomaly in the light curve was densely obse... Read More about OGLE-2017-BLG-0406: Spitzer Microlens Parallax Reveals Saturn-mass Planet Orbiting M-dwarf Host in the Inner Galactic Disk.

Two Directly Imaged, Wide-orbit Giant Planets around the Young, Solar Analog TYC 8998-760-1 (2020)
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Bohn, A. J., Kenworthy, M. A., Ginski, C., Rieder, S., Mamajek, E. E., Meshkat, T., …Southworth, J. (2020). Two Directly Imaged, Wide-orbit Giant Planets around the Young, Solar Analog TYC 8998-760-1. Astrophysical Journal, 898, Article L16. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aba27e

Even though tens of directly imaged companions have been discovered in the past decades, the number of directly confirmed multiplanet systems is still small. Dynamical analysis of these systems imposes important constraints on formation mechanisms of... Read More about Two Directly Imaged, Wide-orbit Giant Planets around the Young, Solar Analog TYC 8998-760-1.

A Holistic and Probabilistic Approach to the Ground-based and Spaceborne Data of HAT-P-19 System (2020)
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Baştürk, Ö., Yalçınkaya, S., Esmer, E. M., Tanrıverdi, T., Mancini, L., Daylan, T., …Keten, B. (2020). A Holistic and Probabilistic Approach to the Ground-based and Spaceborne Data of HAT-P-19 System. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 496(4), 4174-4190. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1758

We update the main physical and orbital properties of the transiting hot Saturn planet HAT-P-19 b, based on a global modelling of high-precision transit and occultation light curves, taken with ground-based and space telescopes, archive spectra and r... Read More about A Holistic and Probabilistic Approach to the Ground-based and Spaceborne Data of HAT-P-19 System.

The TESS light curve of AI Phoenicis (2020)
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Maxted, P. F. L., Gaulme, P., Graczyk, D., Hełminiak, K. G., Johnston, C., Orosz, J. A., …Chaplin, W. J. (2020). The TESS light curve of AI Phoenicis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 498(1), 332-343. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1662

Accurate masses and radii for normal stars derived from observations of detached eclipsing binary stars are of fundamental importance for testing stellar models and may be useful for calibrating free parameters in these model if the masses and radii... Read More about The TESS light curve of AI Phoenicis.