A nearly polar orbit for the extrasolar hot jupiter WASP-79b

B. C. Addison; C. G. Tinney; D. J. Wright; D. Bayliss; G. Zhou; J. D. Hartman; G. A. Bakos; B. Schmidt

doi:10.1088/2041-8205/774/1/L9

A nearly polar orbit for the extrasolar hot jupiter WASP-79b

B. C. Addison, C. G. Tinney, D. J. Wright, D. Bayliss, G. Zhou, J. D. Hartman, G. A. Bakos, B. Schmidt

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We report the measurement of a spin-orbit misalignment for WASP-79b, a recently discovered, bloated hot Jupiter from the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) survey. Data were obtained using the CYCLOPS2 optical-fiber bundle and its simultaneous calibration system feeding theUCLES spectrograph on theAnglo-Australian Telescope. We have used the Rossiter McLaughlin effect to determine the sky-projected spin-orbit angle to be λ = -106 ⁺¹⁹_-13 This result indicates a significant misalignment between the spin axis of the host star and the orbital plane of the planet-the planet being in a nearly polar orbit. WASP-79 is consistent with other stars that have T_eff < 6250 Kand host hot Jupiters in spin-orbit misalignment.

Original language	English
Article number	L9
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	774
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/774/1/L9
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2013

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