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Table 3

Parameters for the Rossiter-McLaughlin analysis of 55 Cnc e.

Parameter Symbol Value Unit

Fixed
Transit epoch T 0 2 455 962.0697 BJD
Transit duration t d 0.0660 day
Orbital period P 0.7365417 day
Planet-to-star radii ratio R p / R 0.01936
Scaled semi-major axis a p / R 3.523
Orbital inclination i p 85.4 deg
Stellar reflex velocity K 6.3 ± 0.21 m/s

Measured
Sky-projected obliquity λ 72.4 deg
Projected stellar rotation velocity vsini 3.3 km s-1
Systemic velocity γ 27.40949 ± 0.00008 km s-1

Notes.

(†)

All parameters were taken from Dragomir et al. (2014), except for K taken from Endl et al. (2012).

(‡)

Values are calculated in Sect. 4. See also Sect. 5.1 for the uncertainties.

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