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2009AJ....137.4834W - Astron. J., 137, 4834-4836 (2009/June-0)

The low density transiting exoplanet WASP-15b.

WEST R.G., ANDERSON D.R., GILLON M., HEBB L., HELLIER C., MAXTED P.F.L., QUELOZ D., SMALLEY B., TRIAUD A.H.M.J., WILSON D.M., BENTLEY S.J., COLLIER CAMERON A., ENOCH B., HORNE K., IRWIN J., LISTER T.A., MAYOR M., PARLEY N., PEPE F., POLLACCO D., SEGRANSAN D., SPANO M., UDRY S. and WHEATLEY P.J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the discovery of a low-density exoplanet transiting an 11th magnitude star in the Southern hemisphere. WASP-15b, which orbits its host star with a period P = 3.7520656±0.0000028 d, has a mass Mp= 0.542 ±0.050 MJ and radius Rp= 1.428±0.077 RJ, and is therefore one of the least dense transiting exoplanets so far discovered (ρp= 0.247 ±0.035 g/cm3). An analysis of the spectrum of the host star shows it to be of spectral type around F5, with an effective temperature Teff= 6300±100 K and [Fe/H] = -0.17±0.11.

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Journal keyword(s): binaries: eclipsing - planetary systems - stars: individual: WASP-15 - techniques: photometric - techniques: radial velocities - techniques: spectroscopic

Simbad objects: 3

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