Abstract
We report the jointWASP/KELT discovery ofWASP-167b/KELT-13b, a transiting hot Jupiter with a 2.02-d orbit around a V = 10.5, F1V star with [Fe/H] = 0.1 ± 0.1. The 1.5 RJup planet was confirmed by Doppler tomography of the stellar line profiles during transit. We place a limit of < 8 MJup on its mass. The planet is in a retrograde orbit with a sky-projected spin-orbit angle of λ=-165° ±5°. This is in agreement with the known tendency for orbits around hotter stars to be more likely to be misaligned. WASP-167/KELT-13 is one of the few systems where the stellar rotation period is less than the planetary orbital period. We find evidence of non-radial stellar pulsations in the host star, making it a δ-Scuti or γ -Dor variable. The similarity to WASP-33, a previously known hot-Jupiter host with pulsations, adds to the suggestion that close-in planets might be able to excite stellar pulsations.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2743-2752 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Volume | 471 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 The Authors.
Keywords
- Planets and satellites: individual
- Stars: individual
- Starts: rotation
- Techniques: photometric
- Techniques: spectroscopic