WASP-4b: A 12th Magnitude Transiting Hot Jupiter in the Southern Hemisphere
WASP-4b: A 12th Magnitude Transiting Hot Jupiter in the Southern Hemisphere
We report the discovery of WASP-4b, a large transiting gas-giant planet with an orbital period of 1.34 days. This is the first planet to be discovered by the SuperWASP-South observatory and CORALIE collaboration and the first planet orbiting a star brighter than 16th magnitude to be discovered in the southern …