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WASP-4b: A 12th Magnitude Transiting Hot Jupiter in the Southern Hemisphere

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Wilson, D. M., Gillon, M., Hellier, C., Maxted, P. F. L., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Anderson, D. R., Collier Cameron, A. +24 more·2008·The Astrophysical Journal

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We report the discovery of WASP-4b, a large transiting gas-giant planet with an orbital period of 1.34 days. This is the first planet to be discovered by the SuperWASP-South observatory and CORALIE collaboration and the first planet orbiting a star brighter than 16th magnitude to be discovered in the southern hemisphere. A simultaneous fit to high-quality light curves and precision radial velocity measurements leads to a planetary mass of 1.22 + 0.09 −0.08 M Jup and a planetary radius of 1.42 + 0.07 −0.04 R Jup . The host star is USNO-B1.0 0479–0948995, a G7 V star of visual magnitude 12.5. As a result of the short orbital period, the predicted surface temperature of the planet is 1761 K, making it an ideal candidate for detections of the secondary eclipse at infrared wavelengths.

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Wilson, D. M., Gillon, M., Hellier, C., Maxted, P. F. L., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Anderson, D. R., Collier Cameron, A., Smalley, B., Lister, T. A., Bentley, S. J., Blecha, A., Christian, D. J., Enoch, B., Haswell, C. A., Hebb, L., Horne, K., Irwin, J., Joshi, Y. C., Kane, S. R., Marmier, M., Mayor, M., Parley, N., Pollacco, D., Pont, F., Ryans, R., Segransan, D., Skillen, I., Street, R. A., Udry, S., West, R. G., & Wheatley, P. J.
Affiliations
  • Keele University (GB)
  • University of Liège (BE)
  • Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (US)
  • Queen's University Belfast (GB)
  • The Open University (GB)
  • University of St Andrews (GB)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • California Institute of Technology (US)
  • Isaac Newton Group (ES)
  • University of Leicester (GB)
  • University of Warwick (GB)
Venue
The Astrophysical Journal
Published
2008-02-05
Volume
675
Issue
2
Pages
L113-L116
ISSN
  • 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
  • 1538-4357
OpenAlex
W2167901369
Cited by
140
References
19
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11.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
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  • Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) (submittedVersion)
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Funders
  • Queen's University Belfast
  • Queen's University
  • Science and Technology Facilities Council (PP/F000065/1, PP/D000890/1, PP/F000057/1, PP/D000955/1, PP/D000963/1)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Instrumentation › Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › History and Developments in Astronomy
Keywords
hot Jupiters, transiting exoplanets, CORALIE, radial velocity, light curve fitting, planetary mass, planetary radius, G dwarf host star, secondary eclipse, infrared spectroscopy

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