WASP-16b

WASP-16b
	Size comparison of WASP-16b with Jupiter.
Discovery
Discovered by	Lister et al.
Discovery date	August 3, 2009
Detection method	Transit and; Radial veloctiy
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	0.0421+0.001; −0.0018 AU
Eccentricity	0
Orbital period	3.1186009+1.46e-5; −1.31e-5 d
Inclination	85.22+0.27; −0.43
Star	WASP-16
Physical characteristics
Mass	0.855 ± 0.059 MJ

WASP-16b is an extrasolar planet that travels around its star, WASP-16, every 3.12 days. Likely a hot Jupiter. Its mass is near .855 of Jupiter, the radius is 1.008 of Jupiter. It was discovered in 2009 by a team led by T.A. Lister as part of the Wide Angle Search for Planets project.[1]

Characteriscics

In 2012, it was found from Rossiter–McLaughlin effect what WASP-31b orbit is orbit the slow-rotating and likely old parent star WASP-16 in prograde direction, with WASP-16 star rotational axis inclined to planetary orbit by -4.2⁺¹¹
_−13.9[2]

References

Lister, Timothy A; et al. (3 August 2009). "WASP-16b: A new Jupiter-like planet transiting a southern solar analog". The Astrophysical Journal. 709: 159–167. arXiv:0908.1553. Bibcode:2010ApJ...709..159A. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/709/1/159.
Brown, D. J. A.; Cameron, A. Collier; Anderson, D. R.; Enoch, B.; Hellier, C.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Miller, G. R. M.; Pollacco, D.; Queloz, D.; Simpson, E.; Smalley, B.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Boisse, I.; Bouchy, F.; Gillon, M.; Hébrard, G. (2012). "Rossiter-Mc Laughlin effect measurements for WASP-16, WASP-25 and WASP-31★". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 423 (2): 1503–1520. arXiv:1203.4971. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.423.1503B. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20973.x.

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[1] Lister, Timothy A; et al. (3 August 2009). "WASP-16b: A new Jupiter-like planet transiting a southern solar analog". The Astrophysical Journal. 709: 159–167. arXiv:0908.1553. Bibcode:2010ApJ...709..159A. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/709/1/159.

[2] Brown, D. J. A.; Cameron, A. Collier; Anderson, D. R.; Enoch, B.; Hellier, C.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Miller, G. R. M.; Pollacco, D.; Queloz, D.; Simpson, E.; Smalley, B.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Boisse, I.; Bouchy, F.; Gillon, M.; Hébrard, G. (2012). "Rossiter-Mc Laughlin effect measurements for WASP-16, WASP-25 and WASP-31★". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 423 (2): 1503–1520. arXiv:1203.4971. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.423.1503B. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20973.x.