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WASP-20 IS A CLOSE VISUAL BINARY WITH A TRANSITING HOT JUPITER (2016)
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Evans, D. F., Southworth, J., & Smalley, B. (2016). WASP-20 IS A CLOSE VISUAL BINARY WITH A TRANSITING HOT JUPITER. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 833, Article L19. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/833/2/L19

We announce the discovery that WASP-20 is a binary stellar system, consisting of two components separated by 0.2578 ± 0farcs0007 on the sky, with a flux ratio of 0.4639 ± 0.0015 in the K-band. It has previously been assumed that the system consists o... Read More about WASP-20 IS A CLOSE VISUAL BINARY WITH A TRANSITING HOT JUPITER.

A spectroscopic study of the open cluster NGC 6250 (2016)
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Martin, A., Stift, M., Fossati, L., Bagnulo, S., Scalia, C., Leone, F., & Smalley, B. (2017). A spectroscopic study of the open cluster NGC 6250. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 466(1), 613 - 627. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3052

We present the chemical abundance analysis of 19 upper main-sequence stars of the young open cluster NGC 6250 (log t~7.42 yr). Thiswork is part of a project aimed at setting observational constraints on the theory of atomic diffusion in stellar pho... Read More about A spectroscopic study of the open cluster NGC 6250.

WASP-South transiting exoplanets: WASP-130b, WASP-131b, WASP-132b, WASP-139b, WASP-140b, WASP-141b and WASP-142b (2016)
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Hellier, C., Anderson, D., Collier Cameron, A., Delrez, L., Gillon, M., Jehin, E., …West, R. (2017). WASP-South transiting exoplanets: WASP-130b, WASP-131b, WASP-132b, WASP-139b, WASP-140b, WASP-141b and WASP-142b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465(3), 3693-3707. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3005

We describe seven exoplanets transiting stars of brightness V = 10.1–12.4. WASP-130b is a ‘warm Jupiter’ having an orbital period of 11.6 d around a metal-rich G6 star. Its mass and radius (1.23 ± 0.04 MJup and 0.89 ± 0.03 RJup) support the trend tha... Read More about WASP-South transiting exoplanets: WASP-130b, WASP-131b, WASP-132b, WASP-139b, WASP-140b, WASP-141b and WASP-142b.

WASP-157b, a Transiting Hot Jupiter Observed with K2 (2016)
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Močnik, T., Anderson, D., Brown, D., Collier Cameron, A., Delrez, L., Gillon, M., …West, R. (2016). WASP-157b, a Transiting Hot Jupiter Observed with K2. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 128(970), Article 124403. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/128/970/124403

We announce the discovery of the transiting hot Jupiter WASP-157b in a 3.95-d orbit around a V = 12.9 G2 main-sequence star. This moderately inflated planet has a Saturn-like density, with a mass of 0.57 ± 0.10 MJup and a radius of 1.06 ± 0.05 RJup.... Read More about WASP-157b, a Transiting Hot Jupiter Observed with K2.

WASP-92b, WASP-93b and WASP-118b: three new transiting close-in giant planets (2016)
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Hay, K., Collier-Cameron, A., Doyle, A., Hébrard, G., Skillen, I., Anderson, D., …Wilson, P. (2016). WASP-92b, WASP-93b and WASP-118b: three new transiting close-in giant planets. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463(3), 3276 - 3289. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2090

We present the discovery of three new transiting giant planets, first detected with the WASP telescopes, and establish their planetary nature with follow up spectroscopy and ground-based photometric light curves. WASP-92 is an F7 star, with a moderat... Read More about WASP-92b, WASP-93b and WASP-118b: three new transiting close-in giant planets.

WASP-86b and WASP-102b: super-dense versus bloated planets (2016)
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Smalley, Hellier, & Maxted. (2016). WASP-86b and WASP-102b: super-dense versus bloated planets. arXiv,

We report the discovery of two transiting planetary systems: a super dense, sub-Jupiter mass planet WASP-86b (Mpl = 0.82 ± 0.06 MJ; Rpl = 0.63 ± 0.01 RJ), and a bloated, Saturn-like planet WASP-102b (Mpl = 0.62 ± 0.04 MJ; Rpl = 1.27 ± 0.03 RJ). They... Read More about WASP-86b and WASP-102b: super-dense versus bloated planets.

Five transiting hot Jupiters discovered using WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-119 b, WASP-124 b, WASP-126 b, WASP-129 b and WASP-133 b (2016)
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Maxted, P., Anderson, D., Collier Cameron, A., Delrez, L., Gillon, M., Hellier, C., …West, R. (2016). Five transiting hot Jupiters discovered using WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-119 b, WASP-124 b, WASP-126 b, WASP-129 b and WASP-133 b. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 591, Article A55. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628250

We have used photometry from the WASP-South instrument to identify 5 stars showing planet-like transits in their light curves. The planetary nature of the companions to these stars has been confirmed using photometry from the EulerCam instrument on t... Read More about Five transiting hot Jupiters discovered using WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-119 b, WASP-124 b, WASP-126 b, WASP-129 b and WASP-133 b.

WASP-120 b, WASP-122 b, and WASP-123 b: Three Newly Discovered Planets from the WASP-South Survey (2016)
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Turner, O., Anderson, D., Collier Cameron, A., Delrez, L., Evans, D., Gillon, M., …West, R. (2016). WASP-120 b, WASP-122 b, and WASP-123 b: Three Newly Discovered Planets from the WASP-South Survey. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 128, Article 064401. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/128/964/064401

We present the discovery by the WASP-South survey of three planets transiting moderately bright stars (V ˜ 11). WASP-120 b is a massive (4.85 M Jup ) planet in a 3.6-day orbit that we find likely to be eccentric around an F5 star. WASP-122 b is a hot... Read More about WASP-120 b, WASP-122 b, and WASP-123 b: Three Newly Discovered Planets from the WASP-South Survey.

Three irradiated and bloated hot Jupiters: WASP-76b, WASP-82b, and WASP-90b (2016)
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West, R., Almenara, J., Anderson, D., Bouchy, F., Brown, D., Collier Cameron, A., …Udry, S. (2016). Three irradiated and bloated hot Jupiters: WASP-76b, WASP-82b, and WASP-90b. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 585, Article A126. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527276

We report on three new transiting hot Jupiter planets, discovered from the WASP surveys, which we combine with radial velocities from OHP/SOPHIE and Euler/CORALIE and photometry from Euler and TRAPPIST. The planets WASP-76b, WASP-82b, and WASP-90b ar... Read More about Three irradiated and bloated hot Jupiters: WASP-76b, WASP-82b, and WASP-90b.