We report the discovery of a Saturn-sized planet transiting a V = 11.3, K4
dwarf star every 3.9 d. WASP-29b has a mass of 0.24+/-0.02 M_Jup and a radius
of 0.79+/-0.05 R_Jup, making it the smallest planet so far discovered by the
WASP survey, and the exoplanet most similar in mass and radius to Saturn. The
host star WASP-29 has an above-Solar metallicity and fits a possible
correlation for Saturn-mass planets such that planets with higher-metallicity
host stars have higher core masses and thus smaller radii.Comment: 6 pages, submitted to ApJ

Anderson, D. R.

Brown, D. J. A.

Cameron, A. Collier

Enoch, B.

Gillon, M.

Hellier, Coel

Lendl, M.

Lister, T. A.

Maxted, P. F. L.

Pepe, F.

Pollacco, D.

Queloz, D.

Segransan, D.

Smalley, B.

Triaud, A. H. M. J.

Udry, S.

West, R. G.

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We report the discovery of a Saturn-sized planet transiting a V = 11.3, K4 dwarf star every 3.9 days. WASP-29b has a mass of 0.24 plusmn 0.02 M $_Jup$ and a radius of 0.79 plusmn 0.05 R $_Jup$, making it the smallest planet so far discovered by the WASP survey, and the exoplanet most similar in mass and radius to Saturn. The host star WASP-29 has an above-solar metallicity and fits a possible correlation for Saturn-mass planets such that planets with higher-metallicity host stars have higher core masses and thus smaller radii

Hellier, C.

Anderson, D.~R.

Collier Cameron, A.

Maxted, P.~F.~L.

Triaud, A.~H.~M.~J.

West, R.~G.

Brown, D.~J.~A.

Lister, T.~A.

Ségransan, D.

University of Birmingham Research Portal

WASP-29b: A Saturn-sized Transiting Exoplanet

We report the discovery of a Saturn-sized planet transiting a V = 11.3, K4 dwarf star every 3.9 days. WASP-29b has a mass of 0.24 ± 0.02 M Jup and a radius of 0.79 ± 0.05 R Jup, making it the smallest planet so far discovered by the WASP survey, and the exoplanet most similar in mass and radius to Saturn. The host star WASP-29 has an above-solar metallicity and fits a possible correlation for Saturn-mass planets such that planets with higher-metallicity host stars have higher core masses and thus smaller radii

Pollacco, Don

Queen's University Belfast Research Portal

We report the discovery of a Saturn-sized planet transiting a V = 11.3, K4 dwarf star every 3.9 days. WASP-29b has a mass of 0.24 ± 0.02 MJup and a radius of 0.79 ± 0.05 RJup, making it the smallest planet so far discovered by the WASP survey, and the exoplanet most similar in mass and radius to Saturn. The host star WASP-29 has an above-solar metallicity and fits a possible correlation for Saturn-mass planets such that planets with higher-metallicity host stars have higher core masses and thus smaller radii

West, Richard G.

Warwick Research Archives Portal Repository

WASP-29b : a Saturn-sized transiting exoplanet

peer reviewedWe report the discovery of a Saturn-sized planet transiting a V = 11.3, K4 dwarf star every 3.9 days. WASP-29b has a mass of 0.24 ± 0.02 M [SUB]Jup[/SUB] and a radius of 0.79 ± 0.05 R [SUB]Jup[/SUB], making it the smallest planet so far discovered by the WASP survey, and the exoplanet most similar in mass and radius to Saturn. The host star WASP-29 has an above-solar metallicity and fits a possible correlation for Saturn-mass planets such that planets with higher-metallicity host stars have higher core masses and thus smaller radii

WASP-29b: A Saturn-sized transiting exoplanet

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