Abstract
We report on four new transiting hot Jupiters discovered by the WASP-South survey. WASP-178b transits a V = 9.9, A1V star with Teff = 9350 ± 150 K, the second-hottest transit host known. It has a highly bloated radius of 1.81 ± 0.09 RJup, in line with the known correlation between high irradiation and large size. With an estimated temperature of 2470 ± 60 K, the planet is one of the best targets for studying ultrahot Jupiters that is visible from the Southern hemisphere. The three host stars WASP-184, WASP-185, and WASP-192 are all post-main-sequence G0 stars of ages 4–8 Gyr. The larger stellar radii (1.3–1.7 M⊙) mean that the transits are relatively shallow (0.7–0.9 per cent) even though the planets have moderately inflated radii of 1.2–1.3 RJup. WASP-185b has an eccentric orbit (e = 0.24) and a relatively long orbital period of 9.4 d. A star that is 4.6 arcsec from WASP-185 and 4.4 mag fainter might be physically associated.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1479–1487 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Volume | 490 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 30 Sept 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2019 |
Keywords
- Stars: individual: WASP-178
- Stars: individual: WASP-184
- Stars: individual: WASP-185
- Stars: individual: WASP-192
- Planetary systems