  Among the 160 known exoplanets, mainly detected in large radial-velocity
surveys, only 8 have a characterization of their actual mass and radius thanks
to the two complementary methods of detection: radial velocities and
photometric transit. We started in March 2004 an exoplanet-search programme
biased toward high-metallicity stars which are more frequently host extra-solar
planets. This survey aims to detect close-in giant planets, which are most
likely to transit their host star. For this programme, high-precision radial
velocities are measured with the ELODIE fiber-fed spectrograph on the 1.93-m
telescope, and high-precision photometry is obtained with the CCD Camera on the
1.20-m telescope, both at the Haute-Provence Observatory. We report here the
discovery of a new transiting hot Jupiter orbiting the star HD189733. The
planetary nature of this object is confirmed by the observation of both the
spectroscopic and photometric transits. The exoplanet HD189733b, with an
orbital period of 2.219 days, has one of the shortest orbital periods detected
by radial velocities, and presents the largest photometric depth in the light
curve (~ 3%) observed to date. We estimate for the planet a mass of 1.15 +-
0.04 Mjup and a radius of 1.26 +- 0.03 RJup. Considering that HD189733 has the
same visual magnitude as the well known exoplanet host star HD209458, further
ground-based and space-based follow-up observations are very promising and will
permit a characterization of the atmosphere and exosphere of this giant
exoplanet.
