  The recently discovered transiting very hot Jupiter, HAT-P-7b, a planet
detected by the telescopes of HATNet, turned out to be among the ones subjected
to the highest irradiation from the parent star. As known, the combination of
photometric and spectroscopic data for such an object yields the stellar,
orbital and planetary parameters. In order to best characterize this particular
planet, we carried out a complex analysis based on a complete and simultaneous
Monte-Carlo solution using all available data. We included the discovery light
curves, partial follow-up light curves, the radial velocity data, and we used
the stellar evolution models to infer the stellar properties. This
self-consistent way of modeling provides the most precise estimate of the a
posteriori distributions of all of the system parameters of interest, and
avoids making assumptions on the values and uncertainties of any of the
internally derived variables describing the system. This analysis demonstrates
that even partial light curve information can be valuable. This may become very
important for future discoveries of planets with longer periods -- and
therefore longer transit durations -- where the chance of observing a full
event is small.
