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WASP-64 b and WASP-72 b: two new transiting highly irradiated giant planets

WASP-64 b and WASP-72 b: two new transiting highly irradiated giant planets

We report the discovery by the WASP transit survey of two new highly irradiated giant planets transiting moderately bright stars. WASP-64b is slightly more massive (1.271+-0.068 M_Jup) and larger (1.271+-0.039 R_Jup) than Jupiter, and is in very-short (a=0.02648+-0.00024 AU, P=1.5732918+-0.0000015 days) circular orbit around a V=12.3 G7-type dwarf (1.004+-0.028 M_Sun, …