Two Transiting Hot Jupiters from the WASP Survey: WASP-150b and WASP-176b

Cooke, Benjamin F.; Pollacco, Don; Almleaky, Y.; Barkaoui, K.; Benkhaldoun, Z.; Blake, James A.; Bouchy, François; Boumis, Panos; Brown, D. J. A.; Bruni, Ivan; Burdanov, A.; Cameron, Andrew Collier; Chote, Paul; Daassou, A.; D'ago, Giuseppe; Dalal, Shweta; Damasso, Mario; Delrez, L.; Doyle, A. P.; Ducrot, E.; Gillon, M.; Hébrard, G.; Hellier, C.; Henning, Thomas; Jehin, E.; Kiefer, Flavien; King, George W.; Liakos, Alexios; Lopez, Théo; Mancini, Luigi; Mardling, Rosemary; Maxted, P. F. L.; McCormac, James; Murray, C.; Nielsen, Louise D.; Osborn, Hugh; Palle, E.; Pepe, Francesco; Pozuelos, F. J.; Prieto-Arranz, J.; Queloz, D.; Schanche, Nicole; Ségransan, Damien; Smalley, Barry; Southworth, John; Thompson, S.; Turner, Oliver; Udry, Stéphane; Velasco, S.; West, Richard; Wheatley, Pete
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The Astronomical Journal

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2020
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51
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3
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6
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We report the discovery of two transiting exoplanets from the WASP survey, WASP-150b and WASP-176b. WASP-150b is an eccentric (e = 0.38) hot Jupiter on a 5.6 day orbit around a V = 12.03, F8 main-sequence host. The host star has a mass and radius of 1.4 ${M}_{\odot }$ and 1.7 ${R}_{\odot }$ respectively. WASP-150b has a mass and radius of 8.5 ${M}_{{\rm{J}}}$ and 1.1 RJ, leading to a large planetary bulk density of 6.4 ρJ. WASP-150b is found to be ∼3 Gyr old, well below its circularization timescale, supporting the eccentric nature of the planet. WASP-176b is a hot Jupiter planet on a 3.9 day orbit around a V = 12.01, F9 sub-giant host. The host star has a mass and radius of 1.3 M☉ and 1.9 R☉. WASP-176b has a mass and radius of 0.86 MJ and 1.5 RJ, respectively, leading to a planetary bulk density of 0.23 ρJ.
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