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WASP-19b: THE SHORTEST PERIOD TRANSITING EXOPLANET YET DISCOVERED

WASP-19b: THE SHORTEST PERIOD TRANSITING EXOPLANET YET DISCOVERED

We report on the discovery of a new extremely short period transiting extrasolar planet, WASP-19b. The planet has mass Mpl = 1.15 ± 0.08 MJ, radius Rpl = 1.31 ± 0.06 RJ, and orbital period P = 0.7888399 ± 0.0000008 days. Through spectroscopic analysis, we determine the host star to …