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arxiv: 2202.11516 · v1 · pith:QL3O7DBBnew · submitted 2022-02-23 · 🌌 astro-ph.EP

CHEOPS geometric albedo of the hot Jupiter HD 209458b

A. Brandeker , K. Heng , M. Lendl , J. A. Patel , B. M. Morris , C. Broeg , P. Guterman , M. Beck
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P. F. L. Maxted O. Demangeon L. Delrez B.-O. Demory D. Kitzmann N.C. Santos V. Singh Y. Alibert R. Alonso G. Anglada T. B\'arczy D. Barrado y Navascues S. C. C. Barros W. Baumjohann T. Beck W. Benz N. Billot X. Bonfils G. Bruno J. Cabrera S. Charnoz A. Collier Cameron C. Corral van Damme Sz. Csizmadia M. B. Davies M. Deleuil A. Deline D. Ehrenreich A. Erikson J. Farinato A. Fortier L. Fossati M. Fridlund D. Gandolfi M. Gillon M. G\"udel S. Hoyer K. G. Isaak L. Kiss J. Laskar A. Lecavelier des Etangs C. Lovis A. Luntzer D. Magrin V. Nascimbeni G. Olofsson R. Ottensamer I. Pagano E. Pall\'e G. Peter G. Piotto D. Pollacco D. Queloz R. Ragazzoni N. Rando H. Rauer I. Ribas G. Scandariato D. S\'egransan A. E. Simon A. M. S. Smith S. G. Sousa M. Steller Gy. M. Szab\'o N. Thomas S. Udry V. Van Grootel N. Walton D. Wolter
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We report the detection of the secondary eclipse of the hot Jupiter HD 209458b in optical/visible light using the CHEOPS space telescope. Our measurement of 20.4 +/- 3.3 ppm translates into a geometric albedo of A_g = 0.096 +/- 0.016. The previously estimated dayside temperature of about 1500 K implies that our geometric albedo measurement consists predominantly of reflected starlight and is largely uncontaminated by thermal emission. This makes the present result one of the most robust measurements of A_g for any exoplanet. Our calculations of the bandpass-integrated geometric albedo demonstrate that the measured value of A_g is consistent with a cloud-free atmosphere, where starlight is reflected via Rayleigh scattering by hydrogen molecules, and the water and sodium abundances are consistent with stellar metallicity. We predict that the bandpass-integrated TESS geometric albedo is too faint to detect and that a phase curve of HD 209458b observed by CHEOPS would have a distinct shape associated with Rayleigh scattering if the atmosphere is indeed cloud free.

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