WASP-113b and WASP-114b, two inflated hot Jupiters with contrasting densities

S.~C.~C. Barros, D.~J.~A. Brown, G. Hébrard, Y. Gómez Maqueo Chew, D.~R. Anderson, P. Boumis, L. Delrez, K.~L. Hay, K.~W.~F. Lam, J. Llama, M. Lendl, J. McCormac, B. Skiff, B. Smalley, O. Turner, M. Vanhuysse, D.~J. Armstrong, I. Boisse, F. Bouchy, A. Collier CameronF. Faedi, M. Gillon, C. Hellier, E. Jehin, A. Liakos, J. Meaburn, H.~P. Osborn, F. Pepe, I. Plauchu-Frayn, D. Pollacco, D. Queloz, J. Rey, J. Spake, D. Ségransan, A.~H.~M. Triaud, S. Udry, S.~R. Walker, C.~A. Watson, R.~G. West, P.~J. Wheatley

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Abstract


Aims: We present the discovery and characterisation of the exoplanets WASP-113b and WASP-114b by the WASP surveys, SOPHIE and CORALIE.
Methods: The planetary nature of the systems was established by performing follow-up photometric and spectroscopic observations. The follow-up data were combined with the WASP-photometry and analysed with an MCMC code to obtain system parameters.
Results: The host stars WASP-113 and WASP-114 are very similar. They are both early G-type stars with an effective temperature of 5900 K, [Fe/H] 0.12, and log g 4.1 dex. However, WASP-113 is older than WASP-114. Although the planetary companions have similar radii, WASP-114b is almost four times heavier than WASP-113b. WASP-113b has a mass of 0.48 M$_Jup$ and an orbital period of 4.5 days; WASP-114b has a mass of 1.77 M$_Jup$ and an orbital period of 1.5 days. Both planets have inflated radii, in particular WASP-113 with a radius anomaly of real = 0.35. The high scale height of WASP-113b (950 km) makes it a good target for follow-up atmospheric observations.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)A113
JournalAstronomy and Astrophysics
Volume593
Early online date3 Oct 2016
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 3 Oct 2016

Keywords

  • techniques: photometric
  • planets and satellites: detection
  • stars: individual: WASP-113, stars: individual: WASP-114, techniques: radial velocities

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