EPIC 220501947 b and K2-237 b: two transiting hot Jupiters [EPA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1807.05865


We report the discovery from K2 of two transiting hot Jupiter systems. EPIC 220501947 (observed in Campaign 8) is a K5 dwarf which hosts a planet slightly smaller than Jupiter, orbiting with a period of 4.0 d. We have made an independent discovery of K2-237 b (Campaign 11), which orbits an F6 dwarf every 2.2 d and has an inflated radius 50 – 60 per cent larger than that of Jupiter. We use high-precision radial velocity measurements, obtained using the HARPS and FIES spectrographs, to measure the planetary masses. We find that EPIC 220501947 b has a similar mass to Saturn, while K2-237 b is a little more massive than Jupiter.

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A. Smith, S. Csizmadia, D. Gandolfi, et. al.
Tue, 17 Jul 18
53/79

Comments: 11 pages, 11 figures, submitted to MNRAS