The Messenger 116
June 2004

Two New Very Hot Jupiters in the FLAMES spotlight

Claudio Melo [1], François Bouchy [2], Frédéric Pont [3, 2], Nuno C. Santos [4, 3],
Michel Mayor [3], Didier Queloz [3], Stéphane Udry [3]

[1] ESO/Chile; [2] Laboratoire D'Astrophysique de Marseille; [3] Observatoire de Genève;
[4] Centro de Astronomia e Astrofísica de Lisboa, Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa

Abstract: Radial velocity follow-up of 41 OGLE planetary transit candidates carried out with the multi-object spectrograph FLAMES on the 8.2-m VLT Kueyen telescope has revealed the existence of Jupiter-mass companions around two transit candidates. They are extremely close to their host stars, orbiting them in less than 2 days.

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The Messenger 116 June 2004

Two New Very Hot Jupiters in the FLAMES spotlight

Claudio Melo [1], François Bouchy [2], Frédéric Pont [3, 2], Nuno C. Santos [4, 3],Michel Mayor [3], Didier Queloz [3], Stéphane Udry [3]

[1] ESO/Chile; [2] Laboratoire D'Astrophysique de Marseille; [3] Observatoire de Genève;[4] Centro de Astronomia e Astrofísica de Lisboa, Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa

The Messenger 116
June 2004

Claudio Melo [1], François Bouchy [2], Frédéric Pont [3, 2], Nuno C. Santos [4, 3],
Michel Mayor [3], Didier Queloz [3], Stéphane Udry [3]

[1] ESO/Chile; [2] Laboratoire D'Astrophysique de Marseille; [3] Observatoire de Genève;
[4] Centro de Astronomia e Astrofísica de Lisboa, Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa