Description
We report the discovery of HATS-1b, a transiting extrasolar planet orbiting the moderately bright V=12.05 G dwarf star GSC 6652-00186, and the first planet discovered by HATSouth, a global network of autonomous wide-field telescopes. HATS-1b has a period of P{approx}3.4465days, mass of M_p_{approx}1.86M_J_, and radius of R_p_{approx}1.30R_J_. The host star has a mass of 0.99M_{sun}_ and radius of 1.04R_{sun}_. The discovery light curve of HATS-1b has near-continuous coverage over several multi-day timespans, demonstrating the power of using a global network of telescopes to discover transiting planets.
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