WASP-29b: A Saturn-sized transiting exoplanet

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2010-09-27

arxiv.org/abs/1009.5318v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

6 pages, submitted to ApJL

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We report the discovery of a Saturn-sized planet transiting a V = 11.3, K4 dwarf star every 3.9 d. WASP-29b has a mass of 0.24+/-0.02 M_Jup and a radius of 0.79+/-0.05 R_Jup, making it the smallest planet so far discovered by the WASP survey, and the exoplanet most similar in mass and radius to Saturn. The host star WASP-29 has an above-Solar metallicity and fits a possible correlation for Saturn-mass planets such that planets with higher-metallicity host stars have higher core masses and thus smaller radii.

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