WASP-92b, WASP-93b and WASP-118b: three new transiting close-in giant planets
/ Authors
K. Hay, A. Collier-Cameron, A. Doyle, G. Hébrard, I. Skillen, D. Anderson, S. Barros, D. Brown, D. Brown, F. Bouchy
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R. Busuttil, P. Delorme, P. Delorme, L. Delrez, O. Demangeon, R. Díaz, M. Gillon, Y. G. M. Chew, E. Gonzalez, C. Hellier, S. Holmes, J. Jarvis, E. Jehin, Y. Joshi, Y. Joshi, U. Kolb, M. Lendl, M. Lendl, P. Maxted, J. McCormac, G. Miller, G. Miller, A. Mortier, E. Pallé, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, J. Prieto-Arranz, J. Prieto-Arranz, D. Queloz, D. Ségransan, E. Simpson, B. Smalley, J. Southworth, A. Triaud, A. Triaud, O. Turner, S. Udry, M. Vanhuysse, R. West, P. Wilson
/ Abstract
We present the discovery of three new transiting giant planets, first detected with the WASP telescopes, and establish their planetary nature with follow up spectroscopy and ground-based photometric lightcurves. WASP-92 is an F7 star, with a moderately inflated planet orbiting with a period of 2.17 days, which has Rp = 1.461 ± 0.077RJ and Mp = 0.805 ± 0.068MJ. WASP-93b orbits its F4 host star every 2.73 days and has Rp = 1.597 ± 0.077RJ and Mp = 1.47 ± 0.029MJ. WASP-118b also has a hot host star (F6) and is moderately inflated, where Rp = 1.440 ± 0.036RJ and Mp = 0.513 ± 0.041MJ and the planet has an orbital period of 4.05 days. They are bright targets (V = 13.18, 10.97 and 11.07 respectively) ideal for further characterisation work, particularly WASP-118b, which is being observed by K2 as part of campaign 8. WASP-93b is expected to be tidally migrating outwards, which is divergent from the tidal behaviour of the majority of hot Jupiters discovered.
Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society