Discovery of WASP-65b and WASP-75b: Two hot Jupiters without highly inflated radii

Y. Gómez Maqueo Chew, F. Faedi, D. Pollacco, D.~J.~A. Brown, A.~P. Doyle, A. Collier Cameron, M. Gillon, M. Lendl, B. Smalley, A.~H.~M.~J. Triaud, R.~G. West, P.~J. Wheatley, R. Busuttil, C. Liebig, D.~R. Anderson, D.~J. Armstrong, S.~C.~C. Barros, J. Bento, J. Bochinski, V. BurwitzL. Delrez, B. Enoch, A. Fumel, C.~A. Haswell, G. Hébrard, C. Hellier, S. Holmes, E. Jehin, U. Kolb, P.~F.~L. Maxted, J. McCormac, G.~R.~M. Miller, A.~J. Norton, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, J. Rodríguez, D. Ségransan, I. Skillen, K.~G. Stassun, S. Udry, C. Watson

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)A36
JournalAstronomy and Astrophysics
Volume559
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2013

Keywords

  • planetary systems, stars: individual: WASP-65, stars: individual: WASP-75

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