WASP-128b: a transiting brown dwarf in the dynamical-tide regime
WASP-128b: a transiting brown dwarf in the dynamical-tide regime
Massive companions in close orbits around G dwarfs are thought to undergo rapid orbital decay due to runaway tidal dissipation. We report here the discovery of WASP-128b, a brown dwarf discovered by the WASP survey transiting a G0V host on a $2.2\,\mathrm{d}$ orbit, where the measured stellar rotation rate places …