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WASP-16b: a new Jupiter-like planet transiting a southern solar analog
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(2009) WASP-16b: a new Jupiter-like planet transiting a southern solar analog. Astrophysical Journal, Vol.703 (No.1). pp. 752-756. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/703/1/752 ISSN 0004-637X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/703/1/752
Abstract
We report the discovery from WASP-South of a new Jupiter-like extrasolar planet, WASP-16b, which transits its solar analog host star every 3.12 days. Analysis of the transit photometry and radial velocity spectroscopic data leads to a planet with R-p = 1.008 +/- 0.071 R-Jup and M-p = 0.855 +/- 0.059 M-Jup, orbiting a host star with R-* = 0.946 +/- 0.054 R-circle dot and M-* = 1.022 +/- 0.101M(circle dot). Comparison of the high resolution stellar spectrum with synthetic spectra and stellar evolution models indicates the host star is a near-solar metallicity ([Fe/H] = 0.01 +/- 0.10) solar analog (T-eff = 5700 +/- 150 K and log g = 4.5 +/- 0.2) of intermediate age (tau = 2.3(-2.2)(+5.8) Gyr).
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Astrophysical Journal | ||||
Publisher: | Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0004-637X | ||||
Official Date: | September 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.703 | ||||
Number: | No.1 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 5 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 752-756 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1088/0004-637X/703/1/752 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Funder: | South African Astronomical Observatory, consortium universities, UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council |
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