WASP-35b, WASP-48b and WASP-51b: Two new planets and an independent discovery of HAT-P-30b

We report the detection of WASP-35b, a planet transiting a metal-poor ([Fe/H] = -0.15) star in the Southern hemisphere, WASP-48b, an inflated planet which may have spun-up its slightly evolved host star of 1.75 Rsun in the Northern hemisphere, and the independent discovery of HAT-P-30b / WASP-51b, a new planet in the Northern hemisphere. Using WASP, RISE, FTS and TRAPPIST photometry, with CORALIE, SOPHIE and NOT spectroscopy, we determine that WASP-35b has a mass of 0.72 +/- 0.06 MJ and radius of 1.32 +/- 0.03 RJ, and orbits with a period of 3.16 days, WASP-48b has a mass of 0.98 +/- 0.09 MJ, radius of 1.67 +/- 0.08 RJ and orbits in 2.14 days, while WASP-51b, with an orbital period of 2.81 days, is found to have a mass of 0.76 +/- 0.05 MJ and radius of 1.42 +/- 0.04 RJ, agreeing with values of 0.71 +/- 0.03 MJ and 1.34 +/- 0.07 RJ reported for HAT-P-30b.

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submitted to AJ
Publication Date: 
15 April, 2011