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2025AJ....169..225Y - Astron. J., 169, 225 (2025/April-0)

The Super-puff WASP-193 b is on a Well-aligned Orbit.

YEE S.W., STEFANSSON G., THORNGREN D., MONSON A., HARTMAN J.D., CHARBONNEAU D.B., TESKE J.K., BUTLER R.P., CRANE J.D., OSIP D. and SHECTMAN S.A.

Abstract (from CDS):

The “super-puffs” are a population of planets that have masses comparable to that of Neptune but radii similar to Jupiter, leading to extremely low bulk densities (ρp ≲ 0.2 g cm–3) that are not easily explained by standard core accretion models. Interestingly, several of these super-puffs are found in orbits significantly misaligned with their host stars' spin axes, indicating past dynamical excitation that may be connected to their low densities. Here, we present new Magellan/Planet Finder Spectrograph radial velocity measurements of WASP-193, a late F star hosting one of the least dense transiting planets known to date (${M}_{p}=0.11{2}_{-0.034}^{+0.029}\,{M}_{{\rm{J}}}$, ${R}_{p}=1.31{9}_{-0.048}^{+0.056}\,{R}_{{\rm{J}}}$, ρp = 0.060 ± 0.019 g cm–3). We refine the bulk properties of WASP-193 b and use interior structure models to determine that the planet can be explained if it consists of roughly equal amounts of metals and H/He, with a metal fraction of Z = 0.42. The planet is likely substantially reinflated due to its host star's evolution, and expected to be actively undergoing mass loss. We also measure the projected stellar obliquity using the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect, finding that WASP-193 b is on an orbit well aligned with the stellar equator, with $\lambda =1{6}_{-15}^{+16}$ degrees. WASP-193 b is the first Jupiter-sized super-puff on a relatively well-aligned orbit, suggesting a diversity of formation pathways for this population of planets.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Exoplanet astronomy - Hot Jupiters - Exoplanets

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/AJ/169/225): table1.dat fig1.dat fig4a.dat fig4b.dat>

CDS comments: WASP 193B is Gaia DR3 5453063828179326976 in Simbad.

Simbad objects: 14

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