A nearly polar orbit for the extrasolar hot Jupiter WASP-79b

Date

2013

Authors

Addison, B. C.
Tinney, C. G.
Wright, D. J.
Bayliss, Daniel
Zhou, Guyin (George)
Hartman, J. D.
Bakos, G. A.
Schmidt, Brian

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Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.

Abstract

We report the measurement of a spin-orbit misalignment for WASP-79b, a recently discovered, bloated hot Jupiter from the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) survey. Data were obtained using the CYCLOPS2 optical-fiber bundle and its simultaneous calibrati

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Keywords: planets and satellites: dynamical evolution and stability; stars: individual (WASP-79); techniques: radial velocities

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Source

Astrophysical Journal Letters

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Journal article

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Open Access

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