(2008) WASP-5b : a dense, very hot Jupiter transiting a 12th-mag Southern-hemisphere star. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol.387 (No.1). L4-L7. doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2008.00465.x

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Abstract

We report the discovery of WASP-5b, a Jupiter-mass planet orbiting a 12th-mag G-type star in the Southern hemisphere. The 1.6-d orbital period places WASP-5b in the class of very hot Jupiters and leads to a predicted equilibrium temperature of 1750 K. WASP-5b is the densest of any known Jovian-mass planet, being a factor of 7 denser than TrES-4, which is subject to similar stellar insolation, and a factor of 3 denser than WASP-4b, which has a similar orbital period. We present transit photometry and radial velocity measurements of WASP-5 (= USNO-B1 0487.0799749), from which we derive the mass, radius and density of the planet: MP = 1.58(-0.08)(+0.13) M-J, R-P = 1.090(-0.058)(+0.094) R-J and rho P = 1.22(-0.24)(+0.19) rho J. The orbital period is P = 1.6284296(-0.0000037)(+0.0000048) d and the mid-transit epoch is T-C (HJD) = 245 4375.62466(-0.00025)(+0.00026).

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Physics
Journal or Publication Title:	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0035-8711
Official Date:	11 June 2008
Dates:	Date Event 11 June 2008 Published
Volume:	Vol.387
Number:	No.1
Number of Pages:	4
Page Range:	L4-L7
DOI:	10.1111/j.1745-3933.2008.00465.x
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council

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