Astronomy:HD 85628 Ab

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Short description: Exoplanet orbiting HD 85628 A
HD 85628 Ab
Discovery
Discovered byMASCARA
Discovery date2019
transit
Orbital characteristics
0.047
Eccentricity0
Orbital period2.8 d
Inclination88.81
StarHD 85628 A
Physical characteristics
Mean radius1.53 |♃|J}}}}}}
Mass3.1 ||J}}}}}}


HD 85628 Ab, also designed MASCARA-4b, is an exoplanet located approximately 559.47±3.05 light years from Earth. This planet was discovered in 2019 using the transit method.[1][2]

Characteristics

It is a hot Jupiter on a retrograde and slightly eccentric orbit.[3] The planet is unusually reflective for a hot Jupiter.[4] Hydrogen, sodium, magnesium, calcium and iron emission from planetary atmosphere was detected.[5]

Host star

Main page: Astronomy:HD 85628

The host star, HD 85628 A, is the primary star of a binary star system, HD 85628. The secondary star is HD 85628 B, an M-type star.

See also

References

  1. "The Extrasolar Planet Encyclopaedia — HD 85628 A b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. https://exoplanet.eu/catalog/hd_85628_a_b--7080/. 
  2. "NASA Exoplanet Archive". https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/TblView/nph-tblView?app=ExoTbls&config=compositepars. 
  3. MASCARA-4 b/bRing-1 b - A retrograde hot Jupiter around the bright A3V star HD 85628, 2019 
  4. Gravity-Darkening Analysis of Misaligned Hot Jupiter MASCARA-4 b, 2019 
  5. Transmission spectroscopy of the ultra-hot Jupiter MASCARA-4 b Disentangling the hydrostatic and exospheric regimes of ultra-hot Jupiters, 2022