“Planets” confirmed
- Predicted transit of 7 Nov. clearly seen
- depth ~ 2%, planet’s radius sq. root of 2 times Jupiter’s
- planet is so close to star it is heated to 1400 K and this causes bloating
- bloating exactly equal to that predicted in 1996
- Predicted transit of 14 Nov. clouded out in AZ and CA
- Only half of the earth can observe a given transit
- object above the horizon at transit time
- 2 periods is almost exactly 7 days (i.e. 2 x 3.5 = 7)
- One observatory can see every-other transit
- Transit of 21 Nov. was below the horizon for AZ, CA, HI
- French/American team already had seen transits of 9 and 16 Sept. (accepted for publication 23 Nov. ‘99)
- data shows both ingress and egress, ~ 2% depth
- data shows repeat with almost exactly 7 d period
“Planets” confirmed
- but still could be “brown dwarfs” which are “failed stars”