WASP-92b, WASP-93b and WASP-118b: three new transiting close-in giant planets
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11/12/2016Author
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ST/M001296/1
ST/I000666/1
PP/D000890/1
ST/G001006/1
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We present the discovery of three new transiting giant planets, first detected with the WASP telescopes, and establish their planetary nature with follow up spectroscopy and ground-based photometric lightcurves. WASP-92 is an F7 star, with a moderately inflated planet orbiting with a period of 2.17 days, which has Rp = 1.461 ± 0.077RJ and Mp = 0.805 ± 0.068MJ. WASP-93b orbits its F4 host star every 2.73 days and has Rp = 1.597 ± 0.077RJ and Mp = 1.47 ± 0.029MJ. WASP-118b also has a hot host star (F6) and is moderately inflated, where Rp = 1.440 ± 0.036RJ and Mp = 0.513 ± 0.041MJ and the planet has an orbital period of 4.05 days. They are bright targets (V = 13.18, 10.97 and 11.07 respectively) ideal for further characterisation work, particularly WASP-118b, which is being observed by K2 as part of campaign 8. WASP-93b is expected to be tidally migrating outwards, which is divergent from the tidal behaviour of the majority of hot Jupiters discovered.
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Hay , K L , Cameron , A C , Doyle , A P , Hébrard , G , Skillen , I , Anderson , D R , Barros , S C C , Brown , D J A , Bouchy , F , Busuttil , R , Delorme , P , Delrez , L , Demangeon , O , Díaz , R F , Gillon , M , Gonzàlez , E , Hellier , C , Holmes , S , Jarvis , J F , Jehin , E , Joshi , Y C , Kolb , U , Lendl , M , Maxted , P F L , McCormac , J , Miller , G R M , Mortier , A , Pollacco , D , Queloz , D , Ségransan , D , Simpson , E K , Smalley , B , Southworth , J , Triaud , A H M J , Turner , O D , Udry , S , Vanhuysse , M , West , R G & Wilson , P A 2016 , ' WASP-92b, WASP-93b and WASP-118b: three new transiting close-in giant planets ' , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 463 , no. 3 , pp. 3276-3289 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2090
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Peer reviewed
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0035-8711Type
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KH and ACC acknowledge support from STFC doctoral training grant ST/M503812/1 and grant ST/M001296/1 respectively. The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2013-2016) under grant agreement number 312430 (OPTICON).Collections
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