The Low Density Transiting Exoplanet WASP-15b

R.G. West; D.R. Anderson; M. Gillon; L. Hebb; C. Hellier; P.F.L. Maxted; D. Queloz; B. Smally; A.H.M.G. Triaud; D.H. Wilson; S. Bentley; A. Collier Cameron; B. Enoch; K. Horne; J. Irwin; T.A. Lister; M. Mayor; N. Parley; F. Pepe; Don Pollacco; D. Segransan; M. Spano; S. Udry; P.J. Wheatley

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The Low Density Transiting Exoplanet WASP-15b

R.G. West, D.R. Anderson, M. Gillon, L. Hebb, C. Hellier, P.F.L. Maxted, D. Queloz, B. Smally, A.H.M.G. Triaud, D.H. Wilson, S. Bentley, A. Collier Cameron, B. Enoch, K. Horne, J. Irwin, T.A. Lister, M. Mayor, N. Parley, F. Pepe, Don PollaccoD. Segransan, M. Spano, S. Udry, P.J. Wheatley

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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 M p = 0.542 ± 0.050 M J and radius R p = 1.428 ± 0.077 R J, and is therefore one of the least dense transiting exoplanets so far discovered (?p = 0.247 ± 0.035 g cm-3). An analysis of the spectrum of the host star shows it to be of spectral type around F5, with an effective temperature T eff = 6300 ± 100 K and [Fe/H] = -0.17 ± 0.11.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4834-3836
Number of pages	999
Journal	Astronomical Journal
Volume	137
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/137/6/4834
Publication status	Published - Jun 2009

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West, R. G., Anderson, D. R., Gillon, M., Hebb, L., Hellier, C., Maxted, P. F. L., Queloz, D., Smally, B., Triaud, A. H. M. G., Wilson, D. H., Bentley, S., Collier Cameron, A., Enoch, B., Horne, K., Irwin, J., Lister, T. A., Mayor, M., Parley, N., Pepe, F., ... Wheatley, P. J. (2009). The Low Density Transiting Exoplanet WASP-15b. Astronomical Journal, 137, 4834-3836. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/137/6/4834

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