WASP-22 b: A Transiting "Hot Jupiter" Planet in a Hierarchical Triple System
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01/12/2010
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We report the discovery of a transiting planet orbiting the star TYC 6446-326-1. The star, WASP-22, is a moderately bright (V = 12.0) solar-type star (Teff = 6000 ± 100 K, [Fe/H] = -0.05 ± 0.08). The light curve of the star obtained with the WASP-South instrument shows periodic transit-like features with a depth of about 1% and a duration of 0.14 days. The presence of a transit-like feature in the light curve is confirmed using z-band photometry obtained with Faulkes Telescope South. High-resolution spectroscopy obtained with the CORALIE and HARPS spectrographs confirms the presence of a planetary mass companion with an orbital period of 3.533 days in a near-circular orbit. From a combined analysis of the spectroscopic and photometric data assuming that the star is a typical main-sequence star we estimate that the planet has a mass M p = 0.56 ± 0.02M Jup and a radius R p = 1.12 ± 0.04R Jup. In addition, there is a linear trend of 40 m s-1 yr-1 in the radial velocities measured over 16 months, from which we infer the presence of a third body with a long-period orbit in this system. The companion may be a low mass M-dwarf, a white dwarf, or a second planet. |
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eng |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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Pollacco , D 2010 , ' WASP-22 b: A Transiting "Hot Jupiter" Planet in a Hierarchical Triple System ' Astronomical Journal , vol 140 , no. 6 , pp. 2007-2012 . DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/140/6/2007 |
Palavras-Chave | #/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1900/1912 #Space and Planetary Science #/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3100/3103 #Astronomy and Astrophysics |
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