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Table 5

Parameters of the fit to the transit light curve of CoRoT-29b using a spherically symmetric model for the star and a stellar spot.

Parameter Value and uncertainty

a/R s 10.32 ± 0.24
Rp/Rs 0.0948 ± 0.0031
i p 90.7 ± 0.8
u + 0.90 ± 0.19
u − 0.26 ± 0.28
Ts [K] (fixed) 5260
Tspot [K] 1600 ± 400
bspot [°] − 56 ± 21
lspot [°] 209 ± 45
dspot [°] 39 ± 13
is [°] − 42 ± 20
Ωs [°] 211 ± 39
Contamination factor [%] 45 ± 3
χ 2 84
a 1.75
BIC 133

Notes. The parameters bspot, lspot  and dspot  are the astrographic latitude, longitude, and diameter of the spot in degrees. The stellar angles are chosen in the same way as in Fig. 12. We discarded this model as a correct explanation of the measured light curve, as explained in the text.

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Sixty fitted points and 12 free parameters.

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