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. (2010) WASP-22b: a transiting "hot Jupiter" planet in a hierarchical triple system. Astronomical Journal, Vol.140 (No.6). pp. 2007-2012. ISSN 0004-6256 Full text not available from this repository.
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/140/6/2007
Abstract
We report the discovery of a transiting planet orbiting the star TYC 6446-326-1. The star, WASP-22, is a moderately bright (V = 12.0) solar-type star (T-eff = 6000 +/- 100 K, [Fe/H]= -0.05 +/- 0.08). The light curve of the star obtained with the WASP-South instrument shows periodic transit-like features with a depth of about 1% and a duration of 0.14 days. The presence of a transit-like feature in the light curve is confirmed using z-band photometry obtained with Faulkes Telescope South. High-resolution spectroscopy obtained with the CORALIE and HARPS spectrographs confirms the presence of a planetary mass companion with an orbital period of 3.533 days in a near-circular orbit. From a combined analysis of the spectroscopic and photometric data assuming that the star is a typical main-sequence star we estimate that the planet has a mass M-P = 0.56 +/- 0.02M(Jup) and a radius R-P = 1.12 +/- 0.04R(Jup). In addition, there is a linear trend of 40 m s(-1) yr(-1) in the radial velocities measured over 16 months, from which we infer the presence of a third body with a long-period orbit in this system. The companion may be a low mass M-dwarf, a white dwarf, or a second planet.
| 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: | December 2010 |
| Volume: | Vol.140 |
| Number: | No.6 |
| Number of Pages: | 6 |
| Page Range: | pp. 2007-2012 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1088/0004-6256/140/6/2007 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Funder: | Consortium universities, UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/4811 |
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