Description
We report the discovery and characterization of four transiting exoplanets by the HATNet survey. The planet HAT-P-50b has a mass of 1.35M_J_ and radius of 1.29R_J_, and orbits a bright (V=11.8mag) M=1.27M_{sun}_, R=1.70R_{sun}_ star every P=3.1220days. The planet HAT-P-51b has a mass of 0.31M_J_ and radius of 1.29R_J_, and orbits a V=13.4mag, M=0.98M_{sun}_, R=1.04R_{sun}_ star with a period of P=4.2180days. The planet HAT-P-52b has a mass of 0.82M_J_ and radius of 1.01R_J_, and orbits a V=14.1mag, M=0.89M_{sun}_, R=0.89R_{sun}_ star with a period of P=2.7536days. The planet HAT-P-53b has a mass of 1.48M_J_ and radius of 1.32R_J_, and orbits a V=13.7mag, M=1.09M_{sun}_, R=1.21R_{sun}_ star with a period of P=1.9616days. All four planets are consistent with having circular orbits and have masses and radii measured to better than 10% precision. The low stellar jitter and favorable R_p_/R_{star}_ ratio for HAT-P-51 make it a promising target for measuring the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect for a Saturn-mass planet.
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