WASP-65b

WASP-65b (M_pl = 1.55 +/- 0.16 M_J; R_pl = 1.11 +/- 0.06 R_J), orbits its parent star every 2,311, and 2,484 days, respectively. WASP-65 is a G6 star (T_eff = 5600 K, [Fe / H] = -0.07 +/- 0.07, age> 8 Gyr); WASP-75 is an F9 star (T_eff = 6100 K, [Fe/H] = 0.07 +/- 0.09, age 3 Gyr). WASP-65b is one of the densest known exoplanets in the mass range 0.1 and 2.0 M_J (rho_pl = 1.13 +/- 0.08 rho_J), a mass range where a large fraction of planets are found to be inflated with respect to theoretical models of the planet.

WASP-65b is one of only a handful of planets with masses of around 1.5 M_J, a mass regime surprisingly underrepresented among the hot Jupiters known today.

https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.6532

Observations of WASP-65b

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