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astro-ph.EP2015★ 35 cited

The Pan-Pacific Planet Search. IV. Two super-Jupiters in a 3:5 resonance orbiting the giant star HD33844

Robert A. Wittenmyer, John Asher Johnson, R. P. Butler +9

We report the discovery of two giant planets orbiting the K giant HD 33844 based on radial velocity data from three independent campaigns. The planets move on nearly circular orbit…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 45 cited

Three planets orbiting Wolf 1061

D. J. Wright, R. A. Wittenmyer, C. G. Tinney +2

We use archival HARPS spectra to detect three planets orbiting the M3 dwarf Wolf1061 (GJ 628). We detect a 1.36 Mearth minimum-mass planet with an orbital period P = 4.888d (Wolf10…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 43 cited

Two New Long-Period Giant Planets from the McDonald Observatory Planet Search and Two Stars with Long-Period Radial Velocity Signals Related to Stellar Activity Cycles

Michael Endl, Erik J. Brugamyer, William D. Cochran +16

We report the detection of two new long-period giant planets orbiting the stars HD 95872 and HD 162004 (psi1 Draconis B) by the McDonald Observatory planet search. The planet HD 95…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 24 cited

Physical properties of the planetary systems WASP-45 and WASP-46 from simultaneous multi-band photometry

S. Ciceri, L. Mancini, J. Southworth +45

Accurate measurements of the physical characteristics of a large number of exoplanets are useful to strongly constrain theoretical models of planet formation and evolution, which l…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 31 cited

Evidence for Reflected Light from the Most Eccentric Exoplanet Known

Stephen R. Kane, Robert A. Wittenmyer, Natalie R. Hinkel +16

Planets in highly eccentric orbits form a class of objects not seen within our Solar System. The most extreme case known amongst these objects is the planet orbiting HD~20782, with…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 30 cited

Doppler Monitoring of the WASP-47 Multiplanet System

Fei Dai, Joshua N. Winn, Pamela Arriagada +8

We present precise Doppler observations of WASP-47, a transiting planetary system featuring a hot Jupiter with both inner and outer planetary companions. This system has an unusual…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 59 cited

Multiwavelength Transit Observations of the Candidate Disintegrating Planetesimals Orbiting WD 1145+017

Bryce Croll, Paul A. Dalba, Andrew Vanderburg +12

We present multiwavelength, multi-telescope, ground-based follow-up photometry of the white dwarf WD 1145+017, that has recently been suggested to be orbited by up to six or more,…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 460 cited

A disintegrating minor planet transiting a white dwarf

Andrew Vanderburg, John Asher Johnson, Saul Rappaport +16

White dwarfs are the end state of most stars, including the Sun, after they exhaust their nuclear fuel. Between 1/4 and 1/2 of white dwarfs have elements heavier than helium in the…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 23 cited

The Pan-Pacific Planet Search III: Five companions orbiting giant stars

R. A. Wittenmyer, R. P. Butler, L. Wang +4

We report a new giant planet orbiting the K giant HD 155233, as well as four stellar-mass companions from the Pan-Pacific Planet Search, a southern hemisphere radial velocity surve…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 20 cited

MOA-2010-BLG-353Lb A Possible Saturn Revealed

N. J. Rattenbury, D. P. Bennett, T. Sumi +30

We report the discovery of a possible planet in microlensing event MOA-2010-BLG-353. This event was only recognised as having a planetary signal after the microlensing event had fi…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 57 cited

Secondary eclipse observations for seven hot-Jupiters from the Anglo-Australian Telescope

G. Zhou, D. Bayliss, L. Kedziora-Chudczer +4

We report detections and constraints for the near infrared Ks band secondary eclipses of seven hot-Jupiters using the IRIS2 infrared camera on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. Eclip…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 27 cited

KELT-14b and KELT-15b: An Independent Discovery of WASP-122b and a New Hot Jupiter

Joseph E. Rodriguez, Knicole D. Colon, Keivan G. Stassun +28

We report the discovery of KELT-14b and KELT-15b, two hot Jupiters from the KELT-South survey. KELT-14b, an independent discovery of the recently announced WASP-122b, is an inflate…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 8 cited

The Weihai Observatory search for close-in planets orbiting giant stars

Robert A. Wittenmyer, Dongyang Gao, Shao Ming Hu +3

Planets are known to orbit giant stars, yet there is a shortage of planets orbiting within ~0.5 AU (P<100 days). First-ascent giants have not expanded enough to engulf such planets…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 16 cited

Physical properties of the extreme centaur and super-comet candidate 2013 AZ60

A. Pál, Cs. Kiss, J. Horner +12

We present estimates of the basic physical properties -- including size and albedo -- of the extreme Centaur 2013 AZ60. These properties have been derived from optical and thermal…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 56 cited

Collisional modelling of the AU Microscopii debris disc

Ch. Schüppler, T. Löhne, A. V. Krivov +6

The spatially resolved AU Mic debris disc is among the most famous and best-studied debris discs. We aim at a comprehensive understanding of the dust production and the dynamics of…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 18 cited

HATS-13b and HATS-14b: two transiting hot Jupiters from the HATSouth survey

L. Mancini, J. D. Hartman, K. Penev +23

We report the discovery of HATS-13b and HATS-14b, two hot-Jupiter transiting planets discovered by the HATSouth survey. The host stars are quite similar to each other (HATS-13: V =…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 88 cited

Does the presence of planets affect the frequency and properties of extrasolar Kuiper Belts? Results from the Herschel DEBRIS and DUNES surveys

A. Moro-Martin, J. P. Marshall, G. Kennedy +14

The study of the planet-debris disk connection can shed light on the formation and evolution of planetary systems, and may help predict the presence of planets around stars with ce…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 10 cited

The dynamical structure of HR 8799's inner debris disk

Bruna Contro, Rob Wittenmyer, Jonti Horner +1

The HR 8799 system, with its four giant planets and two debris belts, has an architecture closely mirroring that of our Solar system where the inner, warm asteroid belt and outer,…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 32 cited

Pursuing the planet-debris disk connection: Analysis of upper limits from the Anglo-Australian Planet Search

Robert A. Wittenmyer, Jonathan P. Marshall

Solid material in protoplanetary discs will suffer one of two fates after the epoch of planet formation; either being bound up into planetary bodies, or remaining in smaller planet…