Discovery and characterization of WASP-6b, an inflated sub-Jupiter mass planet transiting a solar-type star

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 501, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 785-792

  Gillon, M ^a,b   Anderson, D R ^c   Triaud, A H M J ^b   Hellier, C ^c   Maxted, P F L ^c   Pollaco, D ^d   Queloz, D ^b   Smalley, B ^c   West, R G ^e   Wilson, D M ^c   Bentley, S J ^c   Cameron, A Collier ^f   Enoch, B ^f   Hebb, L ^f   Horne, K ^f   Irwin, J ^g   Joshi, Y C ^d   Lister, T A ^h   Mayor, M ^b   Pepe, F ^b   Parley, N ^e   Segransan, D ^b   Udry, S ^b   Wheatley, P J ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h LAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY GLOBAL TELESCOPE NETWORK   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binaries: eclipsing; Planetary systems; Stars: individual: WASP 6; Techniques: photometric; Techniques: radial velocities; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

BINARIES: ECLIPSING; PLANETARY SYSTEMS; STARS: INDIVIDUAL: WASP-6; TECHNIQUES: PHOTOMETRIC; TECHNIQUES: RADIAL VELOCITIES; TECHNIQUES: SPECTROSCOPIC;

PHOTOMETERS; STARS; VELOCITY;

PHOTOMETRY;

EID: 67650938099     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911749     Document Type: Article

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