WASP-166b : a bloated super-Neptune transiting a V = 9 star
Abstract
We report the discovery of WASP-166b, a super-Neptune planet with a mass of 0.1 MJup (1.9 MNep) and a bloated radius of 0.63 RJup. It transits a V = 9.36, F9V star in a 5.44-d orbit that is aligned with the stellar rotation axis (sky-projected obliquity angle λ = 3 ± 5 degrees). Variations in the radial-velocity measurements are likely the result of magnetic activity over a 12-d stellar rotation period. WASP-166b appears to be a rare object within the “Neptune desert”.
Citation
Hellier , C , Triaud , A H M J , Bouchy , F , Burdanov , A , Cameron , A C , Delrez , L , Ehrenreich , D , Gillon , M , Jehin , E , Lendl , M , Linder , E , Nielsen , L D , Maxted , P F L , Pepe , F , Pollacco , D , Queloz , D , Ségransan , D , Smalley , B , Spake , J J , Temple , L Y , Udry , S , West , R G & Wyttenbach , A 2019 , ' WASP-166b : a bloated super-Neptune transiting a V = 9 star ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 488 , no. 3 , pp. 3067-3075 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1903
Publication
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0035-8711Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2019 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1903
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ACC acknowledges support from STFC consolidated grant number ST/R000824/1.Collections
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