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WASP-16b: a new Jupiter-like planet transiting a southern solar analog
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. (2009) WASP-16b: a new Jupiter-like planet transiting a southern solar analog. Astrophysical Journal, Vol.703 (No.1). pp. 752-756. ISSN 0004-637X Full text not available from this repository.
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/703/1/752
Abstract
We report the discovery from WASP-South of a new Jupiter-like extrasolar planet, WASP-16b, which transits its solar analog host star every 3.12 days. Analysis of the transit photometry and radial velocity spectroscopic data leads to a planet with R-p = 1.008 +/- 0.071 R-Jup and M-p = 0.855 +/- 0.059 M-Jup, orbiting a host star with R-* = 0.946 +/- 0.054 R-circle dot and M-* = 1.022 +/- 0.101M(circle dot). Comparison of the high resolution stellar spectrum with synthetic spectra and stellar evolution models indicates the host star is a near-solar metallicity ([Fe/H] = 0.01 +/- 0.10) solar analog (T-eff = 5700 +/- 150 K and log g = 4.5 +/- 0.2) of intermediate age (tau = 2.3(-2.2)(+5.8) Gyr).
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Physics |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Astrophysical Journal |
| Publisher: | Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. |
| ISSN: | 0004-637X |
| Date: | September 2009 |
| Volume: | Vol.703 |
| Number: | No.1 |
| Number of Pages: | 5 |
| Page Range: | pp. 752-756 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1088/0004-637X/703/1/752 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Funder: | South African Astronomical Observatory, consortium universities, UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/17359 |
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