Three hot-Jupiters on the upper edge of the mass–radius distribution: WASP-177, WASP-181, and WASP-183. Issue 4 (14th March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Turner, Oliver D; Anderson, D R; Barkaoui, K; Bouchy, F; Benkhaldoun, Z; Brown, D J A; Burdanov, A; Collier Cameron, A; Ducrot, E; Gillon, M; Hellier, C; Jehin, E; Lendl, M; Maxted, P F L; Nielsen, L D; Pepe, F; Pollacco, D; Pozuelos, F J; Queloz, D; Ségransan, D; Smalley, B; Triaud, A H M J; Udry, S; West, R G
• Is Part Of: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Volume 485:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 5790
• Page End: 5799
• Publication Date: 2019-03-14
• Subjects: planets and satellites: detection -- planets and satellites: individual: WASP-177b -- planets and satellites: individual: WASP-181b -- planets and satellites: individual: WASP-183b; Astronomy -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 520.5
• DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz742
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0035-8711

Abstract

ABSTRACT: We present the discovery of three transiting planets from the WASP survey, two hot-Jupiters: WASP-177 b (∼0.5 MJup, ∼1.6 RJup ) in a 3.07-d orbit of a V = 12.6 K2 star, WASP-183 b (∼0.5 MJup, ∼1.5 RJup ) in a 4.11-d orbit of a V = 12.8 G9/K0 star; and one hot-Saturn planet WASP-181 b (∼0.3 MJup, ∼1.2 RJup ) in a 4.52-d orbit of a V = 12.9 G2 star. Each planet is close to the upper bound of mass–radius space and has a scaled semimajor axis, a / R *, between 9.6 and 12.1. These lie in the transition between systems that tend to be in orbits that are well aligned with their host-star's spin and those that show a higher dispersion.