WASP-77 Ab: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet in a Wide Binary System1
WASP-77 Ab: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet in a Wide Binary System1
We report the discovery of a transiting planet with an orbital period of 1.36 days orbiting the brighter component of the visual binary star BD -07 436. The host star, WASP-77 A, is a moderately bright G8 V star (V = 10.3) with a metallicity close to solar ([Fe/H] = …