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The Mass of Kepler-93b and The Composition of Terrestrial Planets
Courtney D. Dressing, David Charbonneau, Xavier Dumusque +32
Kepler-93b is a 1.478 +/- 0.019 Earth radius planet with a 4.7 day period around a bright (V=10.2), astroseismically-characterized host star with a mass of 0.911+/-0.033 solar mass…
The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XXXVI: Five new long-period giant planets and a system update
C. Moutou, G. Lo Curto, M. Mayor +10
We describe radial-velocity time series obtained by HARPS on the 3.60 m telescope in La Silla (ESO, Chile) over ten years and report the discovery of five new giant exoplanets in d…
Characterizing K2 Planet Discoveries: A super-Earth transiting the bright K-dwarf HIP 116454
Andrew Vanderburg, Benjamin T. Montet, John Asher Johnson +43
We report the first planet discovery from the two-wheeled Kepler (K2) mission: HIP 116454 b. The host star HIP 116454 is a bright (V = 10.1, K = 8.0) K1-dwarf with high proper moti…
Three transiting planet discoveries from the Wide Angle Search for Planets: WASP-85 A b; WASP-116 b, and WASP-149 b
D. J. A. Brown, D. R. Anderson, A. P. Doyle +30
(abridged) We report the discovery of three new transiting planets: WASP-85 A b, WASP-116 b, and WASP-149 b. WASP-85 b orbits its host star every 2.66 days, and has a mass of 1.25…
Exoplanet Science with the European Extremely Large Telescope. The Case for Visible and Near-IR Spectroscopy at High Resolution
S. Udry, C. Lovis, F. Bouchy +13
Exoplanet science is booming. In 20 years our knowledge has expanded considerably, from the first discovery of a Hot Jupiter, to the detection of a large population of Neptunes and…
The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XXXV. Planetary systems and stellar activity of the M dwarfs GJ 3293, GJ 3341, and GJ 3543
N. Astudillo-Defru, X. Bonfils, X. Delfosse +13
Context. Planetary companions of a fixed mass induce larger amplitude reflex motions around lower-mass stars, which helps make M dwarfs excellent targets for extra-solar planet sea…
Three WASP-South transiting exoplanets: WASP-74b, WASP-83b & WASP-89b
Coel Hellier, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron +16
We report the discovery of three new transiting hot Jupiters by WASP-South together with the TRAPPIST photometer and the Euler/CORALIE spectrograph. WASP-74b orbits a star of V = 9…
Six newly-discovered hot Jupiters transiting F/G stars: WASP-87b, WASP-108b, WASP-109b, WASP-110b, WASP-111b & WASP-112b
D. R. Anderson, D. J. A. Brown, A. Collier Cameron +21
We present the discoveries of six transiting hot Jupiters: WASP-87b, WASP-108b, WASP-109b, WASP-110b, WASP-111b and WASP-112b. The planets have masses of 0.51--2.2 an…
The well-aligned orbit of WASP-84b: evidence for disc migration
D. R. Anderson, A. H. M. J. Triaud, O. D. Turner +12
We report the sky-projected orbital obliquity (spin-orbit angle) of WASP-84b, a 0.70- planet in a 8.52-day orbit around a G9V/K0V star, to be . W…
Characterization of the Kepler-101 planetary system with HARPS-N. A hot super-Neptune with an Earth-sized low-mass companion
A. S. Bonomo, A. Sozzetti, C. Lovis +32
We report on the characterization of the Kepler-101 planetary system, thanks to a combined DE-MCMC analysis of Kepler data and forty radial velocities obtained with the HARPS-N spe…
A global analysis of Spitzer and new HARPS data confirms the loneliness and metal-richness of GJ 436 b
A. A. Lanotte, M. Gillon, B. -O. Demory +13
Context. GJ 436b is one of the few transiting warm Neptunes for which a detailed characterisation of the atmosphere is possible, whereas its non-negligible orbital eccentricity cal…
WASP-104b and WASP-106b: two transiting hot Jupiters in 1.75-day and 9.3-day orbits
A. M. S. Smith, D. R. Anderson, D. J. Armstrong +29
We report the discovery from the WASP survey of two exoplanetary systems, each consisting of a Jupiter-sized planet transiting an 11th magnitude (V) main-sequence star. WASP-104b o…
WASP-94 A and B planets: hot-Jupiter cousins in a twin-star system
M. Neveu-VanMalle, D. Queloz, D. R. Anderson +17
We report the discovery of two hot-Jupiter planets, each orbiting one of the stars of a wide binary system. WASP-94A (2MASS 20550794-3408079) is an F8 type star hosting a transitin…
Rossiter-McLaughlin Observations of 55 Cnc e
Mercedes Lopez-Morales, Amaury H. M. J. Triaud, Florian Rodler +15
We present Rossiter-McLaughlin observations of the transiting super-Earth 55 Cnc e collected during six transit events between January 2012 and November 2013 with HARPS and HARPS-N…
Planets and Stellar Activity: Hide and Seek in the CoRoT-7 system
R. D. Haywood, A. Collier Cameron, D. Queloz +12
Since the discovery of the transiting super-Earth CoRoT-7b, several investigations have yielded different results for the number and masses of planets present in the system, mainly…
Astrometric planet search around M8--L2 dwarfs from the ground and with Gaia
J. Sahlmann, P. F. Lazorenko, D. Segransan +4
Ultra-cool dwarfs are very low-mass stars or brown dwarfs and because of their faintness they are difficult targets for radial velocity and transit planet searches. High-precision…
Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: XXVI. CoRoT-24: A transiting multi-planet system
R. Alonso, C. Moutou, M. Endl +48
We present the discovery of a candidate multiply-transiting system, the first one found in the CoRoT mission. Two transit-like features with periods of 5.11 and 11.76d are detected…
WASP-117b: a 10-day-period Saturn in an eccentric and misaligned orbit
M. Lendl, A. H. M. J. Triaud, D. R. Anderson +17
We report the discovery of WASP-117b, the first planet with a period beyond 10 days found by the WASP survey. The planet has a mass of , a radius o…
The Kepler-10 planetary system revisited by HARPS-N: A hot rocky world and a solid Neptune-mass planet
Xavier Dumusque, Aldo S. Bonomo, Raphaelle D. Haywood +31
Kepler-10b was the first rocky planet detected by the Kepler satellite and con- firmed with radial velocity follow-up observations from Keck-HIRES. The mass of the planet was measu…
The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XXXV. The interesting case of HD41248: stellar activity, no planets?
N. C. Santos, A. Mortier, J. P. Faria +21
The search for planets orbiting metal-poor stars is of uttermost importance for our understanding of the planet formation models. However, no dedicated searches have been conducted…
A Window on Exoplanet Dynamical Histories: Rossiter-McLaughlin Observations of WASP-13b and WASP-32b
R. D. Brothwell, C. A. Watson, G. Hebrard +42
We present Rossiter-McLaughlin observations of WASP-13b and WASP-32b and determine the sky-projected angle between the normal of the planetary orbit and the stellar rotation axis (…
Transit confirmation and improved stellar and planet parameters for the super-Earth HD 97658 b and its host star
V. Van Grootel, M. Gillon, D. Valencia +15
Super-Earths transiting nearby bright stars are key objects that simultaneously allow for accurate measurements of both their mass and radius, providing essential constraints on th…
WASP-20b and WASP-28b: a hot Saturn and a hot Jupiter in near-aligned orbits around solar-type stars
D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron, C. Hellier +16
We report the discovery of the planets WASP-20b and WASP-28b along with measurements of their sky-projected orbital obliquities. WASP-20b is an inflated, Saturn-mass planet (0.31 $…
WASP-103b: a new planet at the edge of tidal disruption
M. Gillon, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier-Cameron +16
We report the discovery of WASP-103b, a new ultra-short-period planet (P=22.2 hr) transiting a 12.1 V-magnitude F8-type main-sequence star (1.22+-0.04 Msun, 1.44-0.03+0.05 Rsun, Te…