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West, Richard G., Collier Cameron, A., Hebb, L., Joshi, Y. C., Pollacco, Don, Simpson, E., Skillen, I., Stempels, Eric, Wheatley, P. J., Wilson, D. M. et al.

. (2009) The sub-Jupiter mass transiting exoplanet WASP-11b. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.50 (No.1). pp. 395-400. ISSN 0004-6361

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200810973

Abstract

We report the discovery of a sub-Jupiter mass exoplanet transiting a magnitude V = 11.6 host star 1SWASP J030928.54+304024.7. A simultaneous fit to the transit photometry and radial-velocity measurements yield a planet mass $M_{\rm p}$ = 0.53 $\pm$ 0.07 ${M_{\rm J}}$, radius $R_{\rm p} = 0.91^_~{R_{\rm J}}$ and an orbital period of $3.722465^{\rm +0.000006}_$ days. The host star is an early to mid-K dwarf, with a spectral analysis yielding an effective temperature of 4800 $\pm$ 100 K and log g = 4.45 $\pm$ 0.2. It is amongst the smallest, least massive and lowest luminosity stars known to harbour a transiting exoplanet. WASP-11b is the third least strongly irradiated transiting exoplanet discovered to date, experiencing an incident flux $F_{\rm p}$ = 1.9$\times$108 erg s-1 cm-2 and having an equilibrium temperature $T_{\rm eql}$ = 960 $\pm$ 70 K.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Subjects:

Q Science > QB Astronomy

Divisions:

Faculty of Science > Physics

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

Stars -- Motion in line of sight, Astronomical photometry, Astronomical spectroscopy, Planets -- Spectra, Planets -- Orbits

Journal or Publication Title:

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Publisher:

EDP Sciences

ISSN:

0004-6361

Official Date:

July 2009

Dates:

Date	Event
July 2009	Published

Volume:

Vol.50

Number:

No.1

Page Range:

pp. 395-400

Identification Number:

10.1051/0004-6361/200810973

Status:

Peer Reviewed

Access rights to Published version:

Open Access

Funder:

Sixth Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP6), Optical Infrared Coordination network (OPTICON), Science and Technology Facilities Council (Great Britain) (STFC)

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