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. (2009) The low density transiting exoplanet WASP-15b. Astronomical Journal, Vol.137 (No.6). pp. 4834-4836. ISSN 0004-6256 Full text not available from this repository.
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/137/6/4834
Abstract
We report the discovery of a low-density exoplanet transiting an 11th magnitude star in the Southern hemisphere. WASP-15b, which orbits its host star with a period P = 3.7520656 +/- 0.0000028 d, has a mass M-p = 0.542 +/- 0.050 M-J and radius R-p = 1.428 +/- 0.077 R-J, and is therefore one of the least dense transiting exoplanets so far discovered (rho(p) = 0.247 +/- 0.035 g cm(-3)). An analysis of the spectrum of the host star shows it to be of spectral type around F5, with an effective temperature T-eff 6300 +/- 100 K and [Fe/H] = -0.17 +/- 0.11.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Physics |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Astronomical Journal |
| Publisher: | Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. |
| ISSN: | 0004-6256 |
| Date: | June 2009 |
| Volume: | Vol.137 |
| Number: | No.6 |
| Number of Pages: | 3 |
| Page Range: | pp. 4834-4836 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1088/0004-6256/137/6/4834 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/27872 |
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