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WASP-34b : a near-grazing transiting sub-jupiter-mass exoplanet in a hierarchical triple system
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(2011) WASP-34b : a near-grazing transiting sub-jupiter-mass exoplanet in a hierarchical triple system. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.526 . A130. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015992 ISSN 0004-6361.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015992
Abstract
We report the discovery of WASP-34b, a sub-Jupiter-mass exoplanet transiting its 10.4-magnitude solar-type host star (1SWASP J110135.89-235138.4; TYC 6636-540-1) every 4.3177 days in a slightly eccentric orbit (e = 0.038 +/- 0.012). We find a planetary mass of 0.59 +/- 0.01 M(Jup) and radius of 1.22(-0.08)(+0.11) R(Jup). There is a linear trend in the radial velocities of 55 +/- 4 ms(-1) y(-1) indicating the presence of a long-period third body in the system with a mass greater than or similar to 0.45 M(Jup) at a distance of greater than or similar to 1.2 AU from the host star. This third-body is either a low-mass star, a white dwarf, or another planet. The transit depth ((R(P)/R(*))(2) = 0.0126) and high impact parameter (b = 0.90) suggest that this could be the first known transiting exoplanet expected to undergo grazing transits, but with a confidence of only similar to 80%.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Astronomy & Astrophysics | ||||
Publisher: | EDP Sciences | ||||
ISSN: | 0004-6361 | ||||
Official Date: | 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.526 | ||||
Page Range: | A130 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201015992 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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