WTS-2 b: a hot Jupiter orbiting near its tidal destruction radius around a K dwarf

We report the discovery of WTS-2 b, an unusually close-in 1.02-d hot Jupiter (MP = 1.12MJ, RP = 1.30RJ) orbiting a K2V star, which has a possible gravitationally bound M-dwarf companion at 0.6 arcsec separation contributing ∼20 per cent of the total flux in the observed J-band light curve. The plane...

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Main Authors: Birkby, JL, Cappetta, M, Cruz, P, Koppenhoefer, J, Ivanyuk, O, Mustill, AJ, Hodgkin, ST, Pinfield, DJ, Sipőcz, B, Kovács, G, Saglia, R, Pavlenko, Y, Barrado, D, Bayo, A, Campbell, D, Catalan, S, Fossati, L, Gálvez-Ortiz, M-C, Kenworthy, M, Lillo-Box, J, Martín, EL, Mislis, D, de Mooij, EJW, Nefs, SV, Snellen, IAG, Stoev, H, Zendejas, J, Burgo, CD, Barnes, J, Goulding, N, Haswell, CA, Kuznetsov, M, Lodieu, N, Murgas, F, Palle, E, Solano, E, Steele, P, Tata, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2014