Combined analysis of the 12.8 and 15 microns JWST/MIRI eclipse observations of TRAPPIST-1 b
- 1Paris Observatory-PSL
- 2CEA, AIM Paris Saclay
- 3SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
- *A full list of authors appears at the end of the abstract
The first JWST/MIRI photometric observations of TRAPPIST-1 b allowed for the detection of the thermal emission of the planet at 15 microns, suggesting that the planet could be a bare rock with a zero albedo and no redistribution of heat. Here we present five new occultations of TRAPPIST-1 b observed with MIRI in an additional photometric band at 12.8 microns. In this presentation we present the results from a joint fit of the 10 eclipses and derive a planet-to-star flux ratio of 452 +/- 86 ppm and 775 +/-90 ppm at 12.8 microns and 15 microns, respectively.
We show how we tested a large range of models and found that the data can be well fitted by either an airless planet model with an unweathered (fresh) ultramafic surface, that could be indicative of relatively recent geological processes, or, more surprisingly, by a thick pure CO2 atmosphere with photochemical hazes that create a temperature inversion and results in the CO2 feature being seen in emission.
Our results highlight the challenges in accurately determining a planet's atmospheric or surface nature solely from broadband filter measurements of its emission, but also point towards two very interesting scenarios that will be further investigated with the forthcoming phase curve of TRAPPIST-1 b+c.
Elsa Ducrot, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Michiel Min, Michaël Gillon, Taylor Bell, Pascal Tremblin, Thomas Greene, Achrène Dyrek, Jeroen Bouwman, Rens Waters, Manuel Gude, Thomas Henning, Bart Vandenbussche, Olivier Absil, David Barrado, Anthony Boccaletti, Alain Coulais, Leen Decin, Billy Edwards, René Gastaud, Alistair Glasse, Sarah Kendrew, Goran Olofsson, Polychronis Patapis, John Pye, Daniel Rouan, Niall Whiteford, Ioannis Argyriou, Christophe Cossou, Adrian M. Glauser, Oliver Krause, Fred Lahuis, Pierre Royer, Silvia Scheithauer, Luis Colina, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Goran Ostlin, Tom P. Ray, Gillian Wright
How to cite: Ducrot, E., Lagage, P.-O., and Min, M. and the ExoMIRI Team: Combined analysis of the 12.8 and 15 microns JWST/MIRI eclipse observations of TRAPPIST-1 b, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-20183, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-20183, 2024.