WASP-3b: a strongly irradiated transiting gas-giant planet

WASP-3b: a strongly irradiated transiting gas-giant planet

We report the discovery of WASP-3b, the third transiting exoplanet to be discovered by the WASP and SOPHIE collaboration. WASP-3b transits its host star USNO-B1.0 1256-0285133 every 1.846 834 ± 0.000 002 d. Our high-precision radial velocity measurements present a variation with amplitude characteri...

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Main Authors: Pollacco, D, Skillen, I, Cameron, A, Loeillet, B, Stempels, H, Bouchy, F, Gibson, N, Hebb, L, Hebrard, G, Joshi, Y, McDonald, I, Smalley, B, Smith, A, Street, R, Udry, S, West, R, Wilson, D, Wheatley, P, Aigrain, S, Alsubai, K, Benn, C, Bruce, V, Christian, D, Clarkson, W, Enoch, B
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008

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