KOI-3278: A Self-Lensing Binary Star System

Author:

Kruse Ethan1,Agol Eric1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

Abstract

Starry Brightness The high photometric precision of NASA's Kepler observatory has enabled the detection of many planets because they cause slight dimming of their host stars as they orbit in front of them. From these data, Quintana et al. (p. 277 ) have spotted a five-planet system around a small star. Here, the outermost planet is only 10% larger than Earth and completes its 130-day orbit entirely within the habitable zone, where liquid water could exist on its surface. Similarly, Kepler can detect faint periodic brightenings, as Kruse and Agol (p. 275 ) have reported for the binary system KOI-3278. In this system, a white dwarf acts as a gravitational microlens when it passes in front of its Sun-like G-star companion every 88 days. The lensing effect allows the mass of the white dwarf to be estimated, which helps us to understand how similar binary systems may have evolved.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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