WASP-120 b, WASP-122 b, AND WASP-123 b: Three Newly Discovered Planets from the WASP-South Survey
Abstract
We present the discovery by the WASP-South survey of three planets transiting moderately bright stars (V ≈ 11). WASP-120 b is a massive (4.85 M Jup) planet in a 3.6-day orbit that we find likely to be eccentric (e={0.059}-0.018+0.025) around an F5 star. WASP-122 b is a hot Jupiter (1.28 M Jup, 1.74 R Jup) in a 1.7-day orbit about a G4 star. Our predicted transit depth variation caused by the atmosphere of WASP-122 b suggests it is well suited to characterization. WASP-123 b is a hot Jupiter (0.90 M Jup, 1.32 R Jup) in a 3.0-day orbit around an old (∼7 Gyr) G5 star.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Pub Date:
- June 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1538-3873/128/964/064401
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1509.02210
- Bibcode:
- 2016PASP..128f4401T
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 15 pages, 10 figures, 5 tables