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WASP-54b, WASP-56b, and WASP-57b : three new sub-Jupiter mass planets from SuperWASP

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Faedi, F., Pollacco, Don, Barros, S. C. C., Brown, D., Collier Cameron, A., Doyle, A. P., Enoch, R., Gillon, M., Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y., Hébrard, G. et al.
(2013) WASP-54b, WASP-56b, and WASP-57b : three new sub-Jupiter mass planets from SuperWASP. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 551 . Article number A73. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220520 ISSN 0004-6361.

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Abstract

We present three newly discovered sub-Jupiter mass planets from the SuperWASP survey: WASP-54b is a heavily bloated planet of mass 0.636+0.025-0.024MJ and radius 1.653+0.090-0.083RJ. It orbits a F9 star, evolving off the main sequence, every 3.69 days. Our MCMC fit of the system yields a slightly eccentric orbit (e = 0.067+0.033-0.025) for WASP-54b. We investigated further the veracity of our detection of the eccentric orbit for WASP-54b, and we find that it could be real. However, given the brightness of WASP-54 V = 10.42 mag, we encourage observations of a secondary eclipse to draw robust conclusions on both the orbital eccentricity and the thermal structure of the planet. WASP-56b and WASP-57b have masses of 0.571+0.034-0.035MJ and 0.672+0.049-0.046MJ, respectively; and radii of 1.092+0.035-0.033RJ for WASP-56b and 0.916+0.017-0.014RJ for WASP-57b. They orbit main sequence stars of spectral type G6 every 4.67 and 2.84 days, respectively. WASP-56b and WASP-57b show no radius anomaly and a high density possibly implying a large core of heavy elements; possibly as high as ~50 M⊕ in the case of WASP-57b. However,the composition of the deep interior of exoplanets remains still undetermined. Thus, more exoplanet discoveries such as the ones presented in this paper, are needed to understand and constrain giant planets’ physical properties.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics
Journal or Publication Title: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Publisher: EDP Sciences
ISSN: 0004-6361
Official Date: March 2013
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March 2013Published
Volume: Volume 551
Number of Pages: 17
Page Range: Article number A73
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201220520
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder: UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council, Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, FNRS) , European Community (EC)
Grant number: FRFC 2.5.594.09.F (FNRS); RG226604 (EC)

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