WASP-14b: 7.3<i>M</i><sub>J</sub>transiting planet in an eccentric orbit
WASP-14b: 7.3<i>M</i><sub>J</sub>transiting planet in an eccentric orbit
We report the discovery of a 7.3 Mjup exoplanet WASP-14b, one of the most massive transiting exoplanets observed to date. The planet orbits the tenth-magnitude F5V star USNO-B1 11118-0262485 with a period of 2.243752 days and orbital eccentricity e = 0.09. A simultaneous fit of the transit light curve and …