HAT-P-10b: A Light and Moderately Hot Jupiter Transiting A K Dwarf

Creators: Bakos, G. Á.; Pál, A.; Torres, G.; Sipőcz, B.; Latham, D. W.; Noyes, R. W.; Kovács, Géza; Hartman, J.; Esquerdo, G. A.; Fischer, D. A.; Johnson, J. A.; Marcy, G. W.; Butler, R. P.; Howard, A. W.; Sasselov, D. D.; Kovács, Gábor; Stefanik, R. P.; Lázár, J.; Papp, I.; Sári, P.

Abstract

We report on the discovery of HAT-P-10b, one of the lowest mass (0.487 ± 0.018 M_J) transiting extrasolar planets (TEPs) discovered to date by transit searches. HAT-P-10b orbits the moderately bright V = 11.89 K dwarf GSC 02340-01714, with a period P = 3.7224747 ± 0.0000065 days, transit epoch T_c = 2454759.68683 ± 0.00016 (BJD), and duration 0.1090 ± 0.0008 days. HAT-P-10b has a radius of 1.005^(+0.032)_(–0.027) R_J yielding a mean density of 0.594 ± 0.052 g cm^(–3). Comparing these observations with recent theoretical models we find that HAT-P-10b is consistent with a ~4.5 Gyr, almost pure hydrogen and helium gas giant planet with a 10 M_⊕ core. With an equilibrium temperature of T_(eq) = 1020 ± 17 K, HAT-P-10b is one of the coldest TEPs. Curiously, its Safronov number θ = 0.053 ± 0.002 falls close to the dividing line between the two suggested TEP populations.

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© 2009 American Astronomical Society. Received 2008 September 24; accepted 2009 February 18; published 2009 April 28. Based in part on observations obtained at the W. M. Keck Observatory, which is operated by the University of California and the California Institute of Technology. Keck time has been granted by NOAO (A285Hr) and NASA (N128Hr). HATNet operations have been funded by NASA grants NNG04GN74G, NNX08AF23G, and SAO IR&D grants. The efforts of G.Á.B. and J.A.J. were supported by the Postdoctoral Fellowship of the NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Program (AST-0702843 and AST-0702821, respectively). We also acknowledge partial support from the Kepler Mission under NASA Cooperative Agreement NCC2-1390 (PI: D.W.L.). G.K. thanks the Hungarian Scientific Research Foundation (OTKA) for support through grant K-60750. This research has made use of Keck telescope time granted through NOAO (program A285Hr) and NASA (N128Hr).

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