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Title:
WASP-10b: a 3MJ, gas-giant planet transiting a late-type K star
Authors:
Christian, D. J.; Gibson, N. P.; Simpson, E. K.; Street, R. A.; Skillen, I.; Pollacco, D.; Collier Cameron, A.; Joshi, Y. C.; Keenan, F. P.; Stempels, H. C.; Haswell, C. A.; Horne, K.; Anderson, D. R.; Bentley, S.; Bouchy, F.; Clarkson, W. I.; Enoch, B.; Hebb, L.; Hébrard, G.; Hellier, C.; Irwin, J.; Kane, S. R.; Lister, T. A.; Loeillet, B.; Maxted, P.; Mayor, M.; McDonald, I.; Moutou, C.; Norton, A. J.; Parley, N.; Pont, F.; Queloz, D.; Ryans, R.; Smalley, B.; Smith, A. M. S.; Todd, I.; Udry, S.; West, R. G.; Wheatley, P. J.; Wilson, D. M.
Affiliation:
AA(Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University, University Road, Belfast, BT7 1NN; Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8268, USA), AB(Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University, University Road, Belfast, BT7 1NN), AC(Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University, University Road, Belfast, BT7 1NN), AD(Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University, University Road, Belfast, BT7 1NN; Las Cumbres Observatory, 6740 Cortona Dr Suite 102, Santa Barbara, CA 93117, USA), AE(Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Apartado de Correos 321, E-38700 Santa Cruz de la Palma, Tenerife, Spain), AF(Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University, University Road, Belfast, BT7 1NN), AG(School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS), AH(Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University, University Road, Belfast, BT7 1NN), AI(Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University, University Road, Belfast, BT7 1NN), AJ(School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS), AK(Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA), AL(School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS), AM(Astrophysics Group, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG), AN(Astrophysics Group, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG), AO(Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS (UMR 7095) - Université Pierre and Marie Curie, 98bis bvd. Arago, 75014 Paris, France; Observatoire de Haute-Provence, 04870 St Michel l'Observatoire, France), AP(Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA; STScI, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA), AQ(Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA), AR(School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS), AS(Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS (UMR 7095) - Université Pierre and Marie Curie, 98bis bvd. Arago, 75014 Paris, France), AT(Astrophysics Group, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG), AU(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA), AV(Michelson Science Center, Caltech, MS 100-22, 770 South Wilson Avenue Pasadena, CA 91125, USA), AW(Las Cumbres Observatory, 6740 Cortona Dr Suite 102, Santa Barbara, CA 93117, USA; School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS; Astrophysics Group, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG), AX(Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, BP 8, 13376 Marseille Cedex 12, France), AY(Astrophysics Group, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG), AZ(Observatoire de Genève, Université de Genève, 51 Ch. des Maillettes, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland), BA(Astrophysics Group, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG), BB(Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, BP 8, 13376 Marseille Cedex 12, France), BC(Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA), BD(Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA), BE(Observatoire de Genève, Université de Genève, 51 Ch. des Maillettes, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland; School of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QL), BF(Observatoire de Genève, Université de Genève, 51 Ch. des Maillettes, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland), BG(Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University, University Road, Belfast, BT7 1NN), BH(Astrophysics Group, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG), BI(School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS), BJ(Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University, University Road, Belfast, BT7 1NN), BK(Observatoire de Genève, Université de Genève, 51 Ch. des Maillettes, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland), BL(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH), BM(Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL), BN(Astrophysics Group, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG)
Publication:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 392, Issue 4, pp. 1585-1590. (MNRAS Homepage)
Publication Date:
02/2009
Origin:
MNRAS
MNRAS Keywords:
methods: data analysis , techniques: photometric , techniques: radial velocities , stars: planetary systems
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14164.x
Bibliographic Code:
2009MNRAS.392.1585C

Abstract

We report the discovery of WASP-10b, a new transiting extrasolar planet (ESP) discovered by the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) Consortium and confirmed using Nordic Optical Telescope FIbre-fed Echelle Spectrograph and SOPHIE radial velocity data. A 3.09-d period, 29 mmag transit depth and 2.36 h duration are derived for WASP-10b using WASP and high-precision photometric observations. Simultaneous fitting to the photometric and radial velocity data using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo procedure leads to a planet radius of 1.28RJ, a mass of 2.96MJ and eccentricity of ~0.06. WASP-10b is one of the more massive transiting ESPs, and we compare its characteristics to the current sample of transiting ESP, where there is currently little information for masses greater than ~2MJ and non-zero eccentricities. WASP-10's host star, GSC 2752-00114 (USNO-B1.01214-0586164) is among the fainter stars in the WASP sample, with V = 12.7 and a spectral type of K5. This result shows promise for future late-type dwarf star surveys.
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