Astronomy:HAT-P-13b

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Short description: Hot Jupiter orbiting HAT-P-13
HAT-P-13b
Exoplanet Comparison HAT-P-13 b.png
Size comparison of HAT-P-13b with Jupiter.
Discovery
Discovered byBakos et al.[1]
Discovery site United States
Discovery date21 July 2009
Transit
Radial velocity
Orbital characteristics
0.0426 AU (6,370,000 km)
Eccentricity0.021
Orbital period2.91626 d
Inclination83.4
181
StarHAT-P-13
Physical characteristics
Mean radius1.28 |♃|J}}}}}}
Mass0.851 ||J}}}}}}


HAT-P-13b is an extrasolar planet approximately 700 light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The planet was discovered when it transited across its sun, HAT-P-13. This planet is a hot Jupiter with 0.851 times the mass of Jupiter and 1.28 radius. The planet has a lower mass, but its overall size is larger than Jupiter.[1]

The study in 2012, utilizing a Rossiter–McLaughlin effect, have determined the planetary orbit is probably aligned with the rotational axis of the star, misalignment equal to 1.9±8.6°.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bakos, G. Á. et al. (2009). "HAT-P-13b,c: A Transiting Hot Jupiter with a Massive Outer Companion on an Eccentric Orbit". The Astrophysical Journal 707 (1): 446–456. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/707/1/446. Bibcode2009ApJ...707..446B. 
  2. Albrecht, Simon; Winn, Joshua N.; Johnson, John A.; Howard, Andrew W.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Butler, R. Paul; Arriagada, Pamela; Crane, Jeffrey D. et al. (2012), "Obliquities of Hot Jupiter Host Stars: Evidence for Tidal Interactions and Primordial Misalignments", The Astrophysical Journal 757 (1): 18, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/757/1/18, Bibcode2012ApJ...757...18A 

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