WASP-25b: a 0.6 M_J planet in the Southern hemisphere

Details WASP-25b: a 0.6 M_J planet in the Southern hemisphere WASP-25b: a 0.6 M_J planet in the Southern hemisphere

2010-09-29

arxiv.org/abs/1009.5917v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

8 pages, 9 figures, submitted to MNRAS

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We report the detection of a 0.6 M_J extrasolar planet by WASP-South, WASP-25b, transiting its solar-type host star every 3.76 days. A simultaneous analysis of the WASP, FTS and Euler photometry and CORALIE spectroscopy yields a planet of R_p = 1.22 R_J and M_p = 0.58 M_J around a slightly metal-poor solar-type host star, [Fe/H] = -0.05 \pm 0.10, of R_{\ast} = 0.92 R_{\odot} and M_{\ast} = 1.00 M_{\odot}. WASP-25b is found to have a density of \rho_p = 0.32 \rho_J, a low value for a sub-Jupiter mass planet. We investigate the relationship of planetary radius to planetary equilibrium temperature and host star metallicity for transiting exoplanets with a similar mass to WASP-25b, finding that these two parameters explain the radii of most low-mass planets well.

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