HATS-17b: A TRANSITING COMPACT WARM JUPITER in A 16.3 DAY CIRCULAR ORBIT

  • R. Brahm
  • , A. Jordán
  • , G. Bakos
  • , K. Penev
  • , N. Espinoza
  • , M. Rabus
  • , J. D. Hartman
  • , D. Bayliss
  • , S. Ciceri
  • , G. Zhou
  • , L. Mancini
  • , T. G. Tan
  • , M. De Val-Borro
  • , W. Bhatti
  • , Z. Csubry
  • , J. Bento
  • , T. Henning
  • , B. Schmidt
  • , F. Rojas
  • , V. Suc
  • J. Lázár, I. Papp, P. Sári

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Abstract

We report the discovery of HATS-17b, the first transiting warm Jupiter of the HATSouth network. HATS-17b transits its bright (V = 12.4) G-type (M∗ = 1.131 ± 0.030 M, R∗ = 1.091-0.046+0.070 R) metal-rich ([Fe/H] = +0.3 dex) host star in a circular orbit with a period of P = days. HATS-17b has a very compact radius of 0.777 ± 0.056 RJ given its Jupiter-like mass of 1.338 ± 0.065MJ. Up to 50% of the mass of HATS-17b may be composed of heavy elements in order to explain its high density with current models of planetary structure. HATS-17b is the longest period transiting planet discovered to date by a ground-based photometric survey, and is one of the brightest transiting warm Jupiter systems known. The brightness of HATS-17 will allow detailed follow-up observations to characterize the orbital geometry of the system and the atmosphere of the planet.

Original languageEnglish
Article number89
JournalAstronomical Journal
Volume151
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • planetary systems
  • stars: individual (HATS-17)
  • techniques: photometric
  • techniques: spectroscopic

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