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HAT-P-12b: A LOW-DENSITY SUB-SATURN MASS PLANET TRANSITING A METAL-POOR K DWARF

HAT-P-12b: A LOW-DENSITY SUB-SATURN MASS PLANET TRANSITING A METAL-POOR K DWARF

We report on the discovery of HAT-P-12b, a transiting extrasolar planet orbiting the moderately bright V ≈ 12.8 K4 dwarf GSC 03033 − 00706, with a period P = 3.2130598 ± 0.0000021 d, transit epoch Tc = 2454419.19556 ± 0.00020 (BJD), and transit duration 0.0974 ± 0.0006 d. The host …