Three irradiated and bloated hot Jupiters: WASP-76b, WASP-82b, and WASP-90b

R.~G. West, C. Hellier, J.-M. Almenara, D.~R. Anderson, S.~C.~C. Barros, F. Bouchy, D.~J.~A. Brown, A. Collier Cameron, M. Deleuil, L. Delrez, A.~P. Doyle, F. Faedi, A. Fumel, M. Gillon, Y. Gómez Maqueo Chew, G. Hébrard, E. Jehin, M. Lendl, P.~F.~L. Maxted, F. PepeD. Pollacco, D. Queloz, D. Ségransan, B. Smalley, A.~M.~S. Smith, J. Southworth, A.~H.~M.~J. Triaud, S. Udry

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Abstract

We report on three new transiting hot Jupiter planets, discovered from the WASP surveys, which we combine with radial velocities from OHP/SOPHIE and Euler/CORALIE and photometry from Euler and TRAPPIST. The planets WASP-76b, WASP-82b, and WASP-90b are all inflated, with radii of 1.7-1.8 R$_Jup$. All three orbit hot stars, of type F5-F7, with orbits of 1.8-3.9 d, and all three stars have evolved, post-main-sequence radii (1.7-2.2 R$_⊙$). Thus the three planets fit a known trend of hot Jupiters that receive high levels of irradiation being highly inflated. We caution, though, about the presence of a selection effect, in that non-inflated planets around 2 R$_⊙$ post-MS stars can often produce transits too shallow to be detected by the ground-based surveys that have found the majority of transiting hot Jupiters. Tables of the photometry and radial velocity 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/585/A126
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)A126
JournalAstronomy and Astrophysics
Volume585
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2016

Keywords

  • stars: individual: WASP-90
  • planetary systems
  • stars: individual: WASP-76
  • stars: individual: WASP-82

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