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Title:
Multiwavelength Constraints on the Day-Night Circulation Patterns of HD 189733b
Authors:
Knutson, Heather A.; Charbonneau, David; Cowan, Nicolas B.; Fortney, Jonathan J.; Showman, Adam P.; Agol, Eric; Henry, Gregory W.; Everett, Mark E.; Allen, Lori E.
Affiliation:
AA(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA ), AB(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow.), AC(Department of Astronomy, Box 351580, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA), AD(Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, UCO/Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA), AE(Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA), AF(Department of Astronomy, Box 351580, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA), AG(Center of Excellence in Information Systems, Tennessee State University, 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd., Box 9501, Nashville, TN 37209, USA), AH(Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Fort Lowell Rd., Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA), AI(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA)
Publication:
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 690, Issue 1, pp. 822-836 (2009). (ApJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
01/2009
Origin:
IOP
Astronomy Keywords:
binaries: eclipsing, infrared: stars, planetary systems, stars: individual: HD 189733, techniques: photometric
DOI:
10.1088/0004-637X/690/1/822
Bibliographic Code:
2009ApJ...690..822K

Abstract

We present new Spitzer observations of the phase variation of the hot Jupiter HD 189733b in the MIPS 24 μm bandpass, spanning the same part of the planet's orbit as our previous observations in the IRAC 8 μm bandpass (Knutson et al. 2007). We find that the minimum hemisphere-averaged flux from the planet in this bandpass is 76% ± 3% of the maximum flux; this corresponds to minimum and maximum hemisphere-averaged brightness temperatures of 984 ± 48 K and 1220 ± 47 K, respectively. The planet reaches its maximum flux at an orbital phase of 0.396 ± 0.022, corresponding to a hot region shifted 20°-30° east of the substellar point. Because tidally locked hot Jupiters would have enormous day-night temperature differences in the absence of winds, the small amplitude of the observed phase variation indicates that the planet's atmosphere efficiently transports thermal energy from the day side to the night side at the 24 μm photosphere, leading to modest day-night temperature differences. The similarities between the 8 and 24 μm phase curves for HD 189733b lead us to conclude that the circulation on this planet behaves in a fundamentally similar fashion across the range of pressures sensed by these two wavelengths. One-dimensional radiative transfer models indicate that the 8 μm band should probe pressures 2-3 times greater than at 24 μm, although the uncertain methane abundance complicates the interpretation. If these two bandpasses do probe different pressures, it would indicate that the temperature varies only weakly between the two sensed depths, and hence that the atmosphere is not convective at these altitudes. We also present an analysis of the possible contribution of star spots to the time series at both 8 and 24 μm based on near-simultaneous ground-based observations and additional Spitzer observations. Accounting for the effects of these spots results in a slightly warmer night-side temperature for the planet in both bandpasses, but does not otherwise affect our conclusions.
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