The Effects of Tidal Distortion on Transit Lightcurves
Brian Jackson (NASA GSFC/Carnegie DTM) & Drake Deming (UMD)
Loeb & Gaudi (2003)
Welsh et al. (2010)
Ellipsoidal Variation
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 1
2
Transit of undistorted star
undistorted
linear fit
quad fit
(dist
orte
d)-(u
ndist
orte
d)
Acknowledgments
Extreme Solar Systems OrganizersCarnegie DTM