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Thermal emission of WASP-48b in the <i>K</i><sub>s</sub>-band

Thermal emission of WASP-48b in the <i>K</i><sub>s</sub>-band

We report a detection of thermal emission from the hot Jupiter WASP-48b in the $K_{\rm s}$-band. We used the Wide-field Infra-red Camera on the 3.6-m Canada-France Hawaii Telescope to observe an occultation of the planet by its host star. From the resulting occultation lightcurve we find a planet-to-star contrast ratio …