Abstract
We report the discovery and characterisation of WASP-180Ab, a hot Jupiter confirmed by the detection of its Doppler shadow and by measuring its mass using radial velocities. We find the 0.9 ± 0.1 MJup, 1.24 ± 0.04 RJup planet to be in a misaligned, retrograde orbit around an F7 star with Teff = 6500 K and a moderate rotation speed of vsin i⋆ = 19.9 km s−1. The host star is the primary of a V = 10.7 binary, where a secondary separated by ∼5″ (∼1200 AU) contributes ∼ 30% of the light. WASP-180Ab therefore adds to a small sample of transiting hot Jupiters known in binary systems. A 4.6-day modulation seen in the WASP data is likely to be the rotational modulation of the companion star, WASP-180B.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Early online date | 20 Sept 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 20 Sept 2019 |
Bibliographical note
8 pages, 6 figures, submitted to MNRASKeywords
- astro-ph.EP
- techniques: spectroscopic
- techniques: photometric
- planetary systems
- stars: rotation