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The Transit Light Curve Project. VIII. Six Occultations of the Exoplanet TrES-3

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arxiv 0804.2479 v1 pith:PTQPOXIC submitted 2008-04-15 astro-ph

The Transit Light Curve Project. VIII. Six Occultations of the Exoplanet TrES-3

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We present photometry of the exoplanet host star TrES-3 spanning six occultations (secondary eclipses) of its giant planet. No flux decrements were detected, leading to 99%-confidence upper limits on the planet-to-star flux ratio of 0.00024, 0.0005, and 0.00086 in the i, z, and R bands respectively. The corresponding upper limits on the planet's geometric albedo are 0.30, 0.62, and 1.07. The upper limit in the i band rules out the presence of highly reflective clouds, and is only a factor of 2-3 above the predicted level of thermal radiation from the planet.

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