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NGTS-10b: The shortest period hot Jupiter yet discovered

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

McCormac, J 
Jackman, JAG 
Brown, DJA 
Bayliss, D 

Abstract

We report the discovery of a new ultra-short period transiting hot Jupiter from the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS). NGTS-10b has a mass and radius of 2.162−0.107+0.092 MJ and 1.205−0.083+0.117 RJ and orbits its host star with a period of 0.7668944±0.0000003 days, making it the shortest period hot Jupiter yet discovered. The host is a 10.4±2.5 Gyr old K5V star (Teff=4400±100,K) of Solar metallicity ([Fe/H] = −0.02±0.12,dex) showing moderate signs of stellar activity. NGTS-10b joins a short list of ultra-short period Jupiters that are prime candidates for the study of star-planet tidal interactions. NGTS-10b orbits its host at just 1.46±0.18 Roche radii, and we calculate a median remaining inspiral time of 38,Myr and a potentially measurable transit time shift of 7,seconds over the coming decade, assuming a stellar tidal quality factor Qs′=2×107.

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Keywords

techniques: photometric, stars: individual: NGTS-10, planetary systems

Journal Title

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Journal ISSN

0035-8711
1365-2966

Volume Title

493

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

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Publisher's own licence
Sponsorship
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/N000927/1)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/S000623/1)