Abstract
We report the discovery of two transiting hot Jupiters, WASP-65b (M$_pl$ = 1.55 plusmn 0.16 M$_J$; R$_pl$ = 1.11 plusmn 0.06 R$_J$), and WASP-75b (M$_pl$ = 1.07 plusmn 0.05 M$_J$; R$_pl$ = 1.27 plusmn 0.05 R$_J$). They orbit their host star every 2.311, and 2.484 days, respectively. The planet host WASP-65 is a G6 star (T$_eff$ = 5600 K, [Fe/H] = -0.07 plusmn 0.07, age gsim8 Gyr); WASP-75 is an F9 star (T$_eff$ = 6100 K, [Fe/H] = 0.07 plusmn 0.09, age 3 Gyr). WASP-65b is one of the densest known exoplanets in the mass range 0.1 and 2.0 M$_J$ ($$_pl$ = 1.13 plusmn 0.08 $$_J$), a mass range where a large fraction of planets are found to be inflated with respect to theoretical planet models. WASP-65b is one of only a handful of planets with masses of 1.5 M$_J$, a mass regime surprisingly underrepresented among the currently known hot Jupiters. The radius of WASP-75b is slightly inflated (lsim10 as compared to theoretical planet models with no core, and has a density similar to that of Saturn ($$_pl$ = 0.52 plusmn 0.06 $$_J$). Light curves are only available at the CDS via anonymous ftp to http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (ftp://130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat?J/A+A/559/A36
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | A36 |
Journal | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
Volume | 559 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2013 |
Keywords
- planetary systems, stars: individual: WASP-65, stars: individual: WASP-75