The Low Density Transiting Exoplanet WASP-15b
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01/06/2009
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| Resumo |
We report the discovery of a low-density exoplanet transiting an 11th magnitude star in the Southern hemisphere. WASP-15b, which orbits its host star with a period P = 3.7520656 ± 0.0000028 d, has a mass M p = 0.542 ± 0.050 M J and radius R p = 1.428 ± 0.077 R J, and is therefore one of the least dense transiting exoplanets so far discovered (?p = 0.247 ± 0.035 g cm-3). An analysis of the spectrum of the host star shows it to be of spectral type around F5, with an effective temperature T eff = 6300 ± 100 K and [Fe/H] = -0.17 ± 0.11. |
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eng |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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West , R G , Anderson , D R , Gillon , M , Hebb , L , Hellier , C , Maxted , P F L , Queloz , D , Smally , B , Triaud , A H M G , Wilson , D H , Bentley , S , Collier Cameron , A , Enoch , B , Horne , K , Irwin , J , Lister , T A , Mayor , M , Parley , N , Pepe , F , Pollacco , D , Segransan , D , Spano , M , Udry , S & Wheatley , P J 2009 , ' The Low Density Transiting Exoplanet WASP-15b ' Astronomical Journal , vol 137 , pp. 4834-3836 . DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/137/6/4834 |
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