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2009PASP..121.1104J - Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 121, 1104-1111 (2009/October-0)

A third exoplanetary system with misaligned orbital and stellar spin axes.

JOHNSON J.A., WINN J.N., ALBRECHT S., HOWARD A.W., MARCY G.W. and GAZAK J.Z.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present evidence that the WASP-14 exoplanetary system has misaligned orbital and stellar-rotational axes, with an angle between their sky projections. The evidence is based on spectroscopic observations of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect as well as new photometric observations. WASP-14 is now the third system known to have a significant spin-orbit misalignment, and all three systems have ``super-Jupiter'' planets (MP > 3MJup) and eccentric orbits. This finding suggests that the migration and subsequent orbital evolution of massive, eccentric exoplanets is somehow different from that of less massive close-in Jupiters, the majority of which have well-aligned orbits.

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Journal keyword(s): Extrasolar Planets

Simbad objects: 8

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