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Abstract
We present the discovery of three new transiting hot Jupiters by the WASP-South project, WASP-161 b, WASP-163 b and WASP-170 b. Follow-up radial velocities obtained with the Euler/CORALIE spectrograph and transit light curves obtained with the TRAPPIST-North, TRAPPIST-South, SPECULOOS-South, NITES, and Euler telescopes have enabled us to determine the masses and radii for these transiting exoplanets. WASP-161 b completes an orbit around its V=11.1 F6V-type host star in 5.406 days, and has a mass M p = 2.5 ± 0.2 MJup and radius R p = 1.14 ± 0.06 RJup. WASP-163 b orbits around its host star (spectral type G8V and magnitude V = 12.5) every 1.609 days, has a mass of M p = 1.9 ± 0.2 MJup and a radius of R p = 1.2 ± 0.1 RJup. WASP-170 b has a mass of 1.7 ± 0.2 MJup and a radius of 1.14 ± 0.09 RJup and is on a 2.344 days orbit around a G1V-type star of magnitude V=12.8. Given the irradiations (~ 109 erg s-1.cm-2) and masses, the three new planets' sizes are in good agreement with classical models of irradiated giant planets.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 43 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Astronomical Journal |
| Volume | 157 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 11 Jan 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2019 |
Keywords
- Planetary systems
- Techniques: photometric
- Techniques: radial velocities
- Techniques: spectroscopic
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Astronomy at St Andrews 2018-2021: Astronomy at St Andrews 2018-2021
Jardine, M. (PI), Bonnell, I. (CoI), Cameron, A. (CoI), Cyganowski, C. (CoI), Dominik, M. (CoI), Helling, C. (CoI), Horne, K. (CoI), Scholz, A. (CoI), Tojeiro, R. (CoI), Weijmans, A.-M. (CoI), Wild, V. (CoI), Woitke, P. (CoI), Wood, K. (CoI) & Zhao, H. (CoI)
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