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The discoveries of WASP-91b, WASP-105b and WASP-107b: Two warm Jupiters and a planet in the transition region between ice giants and gas giants

D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, L. Delrez, A. P. Doyle, M. Gillon, C. Hellier, E. Jehin, M. Lendl, P. F. L. Maxted, N. Madhusudhan, F. Pepe, D. Pollacco (+8 others)
2017 Astronomy and Astrophysics  

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2018 accepted
arXiv:1701.03776v2 fatcat:zp36yds4t5a33njftnc7z27ht4
2017 pre-print
arXiv:1701.03776v1 fatcat:ubvn4ggmdbcxbgmwdfehr7kfc4
We report the discoveries of three transiting exoplanets. WASP-91b is a warm Jupiter (1.34 M_ Jup, 1.03 R_ Jup) in a 2.8-day orbit around a metal-rich K3 star. WASP-105b is a warm Jupiter (1.8 M_ Jup, 0.96 R_ Jup) in a 7.9-day orbit around a metal-rich K2 star. WASP-107b is a warm super-Neptune/sub-Saturn (0.12 M_ Jup, 0.94 R_ Jup) in a 5.7-day orbit around a solar-metallicity K6 star. Considering that giant planets seem to be more common around stars of higher metallicity and stars of higher
more » ... ss, it is notable that the hosts are all metal-rich, late-type stars. With orbital separations that place both WASP-105b and WASP-107b in the weak-tide regime, measurements of the alignment between the planets' orbital axes and their stars' spin axes may help us to understand the inward migration of short-period, giant planets. The mass of WASP-107b (2.2 M_ Nep, 0.40 M_ Sat) places it in the transition region between the ice giants and gas giants of the Solar System. Its radius of 0.94 R_ Jup suggests that it is a low-mass gas giant with a H/He-dominated composition. The planet thus sets a lower limit of 2.2 M_ Nep on the planetary mass above which large gaseous envelopes can be accreted and retained by proto-planets on their way to becoming gas giants. We may discover whether WASP-107b more closely resembles an ice giant or a gas giant by measuring its atmospheric metallicity via transmission spectroscopy, for which WASP-107b is a very good target.
doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201730439 fatcat:v6ltcngjujentn2wq66gg4p6gq
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D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, L. Delrez, A. P. Doyle, M. Gillon, C. Hellier, E. Jehin, M. Lendl, P. F. L. Maxted, N. Madhusudhan, F. Pepe, D. Pollacco, D. Queloz, D. Ségransan, B. Smalley, A. M. S. Smith, A. H. M. J. Triaud, O. D. Turner, S. Udry, R. G. West. "The discoveries of WASP-91b, WASP-105b and WASP-107b: Two warm Jupiters and a planet in the transition region between ice giants and gas giants." Astronomy and Astrophysics (2017) A110