Abstract
We report the discovery of NGTS-2b, an inflated hot-Jupiter transiting a
bright F5V star (2MASS J14202949 - 3112074; Teff =
6478^{+94}_{-89} K), discovered as part of the Next Generation Transit
Survey (NGTS). The planet is in a P = 4.51 d orbit with mass
0.74^{+0.13}_{-0.12}MJ, radius
1.595^{+0.047}_{-0.045}RJ, and density
0.226^{+0.040}_{-0.038} g cm-3; therefore one of the lowest
density exoplanets currently known. With a relatively deep 1.0{{ per
cent}} transit around a bright V = 10.96 host star, NGTS-2b is a prime
target for probing giant planet composition via atmospheric transmission
spectroscopy. The rapid rotation (v sin i = 15.2 ± 0.8 km
s-1) also makes this system an excellent candidate for
Rossiter-McLaughlin follow-up observations, to measure the sky-projected
stellar obliquity. NGTS-2b was confirmed without the need for follow-up
photometry, due to the high precision of the NGTS photometry.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 4960-4970 |
| Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Volume | 481 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 20 Sept 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 01 Dec 2018 |
Keywords
- planets and satellites: detection
- planets and satellites: fundamental parameters
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Sniffing the skies of new worlds: characterising the atmospheres of extrasolar planets using ground-based secondary eclipse observations
Hooton, M. (Author), Watson, C. (Supervisor), Dec 2019Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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