2011/03/14 by Amaury H. M. J. Triaud, A. H. M. J. Triaud, D. Queloz +35 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Eccentricity (behavior) #Jupiter (rocket family) #Orbit (dynamics) #Orbital eccentricity #Physics #Planet #RADIUS #Radial velocity #Spectral line #Spectrograph #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Telescope #Transit (satellite) #astro-ph.EP #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016367
13 pages, 8 figures, 7 tables, accepted for publication in A&A
arxiv created 2011/03/14 · openalex publication_date 2011/04/11 · arxiv updated 2015/05/27 · openalex created_date 2020/11/23 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We report the discovery of a new transiting planet in the southern hemisphere. It was found by the WASP-south transit survey and confirmed photometrically and spectroscopically by the 1.2 m Swiss Euler telescope, LCOGT 2m Faulkes South Telescope, the 60 cm TRAPPIST telescope, and the ESO 3.6 m telescope. The orbital period of the planet is 2.94 days. We find that it is a gas giant with a mass of 0.88 ± 0.10 MJ and an estimated radius of 0.96 ± 0.05 RJ. We obtained spectra during transit with the HARPS spectrograph and detect the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect despite its small amplitude. Because of the low signal-to-noise ratio of the effect and a small impact parameter, we cannot place a strong constraint on the projected spin-orbit angle. We find two conflicting values for the stellar rotation. We find, via spectral line broadening, that v sin I = 2.2 ± 0.3 km s-1, while applying another method, based on the activity level using the index , gives an equatorial rotation velocity of only v = 1.35 ± 0.20 km s-1. Using these as priors in our analysis, the planet might be either misaligned or aligned. This result raises doubts about the use of such priors. There is evidence of neither eccentricity nor any radial velocity drift with time.