Astronomy:Qatar Exoplanet Survey

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Qatar Exoplanet Survey
Survey typeExoplanet search survey
Named afterthe country Qatar
Started24, November 2010
Websitehttp://www.qatarexoplanet.org/default.html
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The Qatar Exoplanet Survey, also known as QES, is an international exoplanet search survey based in Qatar. Its main goal is to detect exoplanets using the transit method, which is observing the light curve of the host star.[1]

History

This survey has a site in New Mexico, which was a collaboration to find small planets in the northern sky.[1] Before it found its own planets, it detected WASP-36b[2] and WASP-37b.[3]

Site

There is a telescope with 5 cameras, which are each 400m, which is also located in New Mexico. It has been operating since 2011 which occasional errors.[1]

Results

- In 2011, QES announced the discovery of Qatar-1b, a hot Jupiter that has similar parameters to Jupiter.[4]

- In 2016, QES discovered 3 massive planets, which are 4-6 times more massive than Jupiter. These planets are Qatar-3b, Qatar-4b, which is the largest, and Qatar-5b.[5]

List

This list is incomplete and needs more information.

Light green indicates it orbits one of stars in a binary system.

Star Constellation Right ascension Declination App.

mag.

Distance

(ly)

Spectral

Type

Planet Mass

(|♃|J}}}}}})

Radius

(|♃|J}}}}}})

Orbital

(d)

Semimajor

(AU)

Orbital Eccentricity Inclination

(°)

Discovery

year

Qatar-1 Draco  20h 13m 31.65s +65° 09′ 44.39″ 12.69 609 K3V Qatar-1b 1.09 1.16 1.42 0.02343 0 (fixed) 83.47 2010
Qatar-2 Virgo  13h 50m 37.32s −06° 48′ 14.66″ 13.30 595 K5V Qatar-2b 2.49 1.144 1.34 0.02149 0 (fixed 88.30 ± 0.94 2011
Qatar-3 Andromeda  23h 56m 36.47s +36° 12′ 46.64″ 12.93 2,400 G0V Qatar-3b 4.31 1.096 2.51 0.03783 0 (fixed) 86.8 ± 2 2017
Qatar-4 Andromeda  0h 19m 26.23s 44° 01′ 39.35″ 13.57 1,089 K1V Qatar-4b 6.1 1.135 1.81 0.02803 0 (fixed) 87.5 ± 1.6 2017
Qatar-5 Andromeda  0h 28m 12.94s +42° 03′ 40.84″ 12.61 G2V Qatar-5b 4.32 1.107 2.88 0.04127 0 (fixed) 88.74 ± 0.87 2017
Qatar-6 Boötes  14h 48m 50.42s +22° 09′ 09.41″ 11.5 K2V Qatar-6b 0.67 1.062 3.51 0.0423 0 (fixed) 86.01 ± 0.14 2017
Qatar-7 Andromeda  23h 54m 03.63s +37° 01′ 18.57″ 13.13 F4V Qatar-7b 1.88 1.70 2.03 0.0352 0 (fixed) 89.0 ± 1 2019
Qatar-8 Ursa Major  10h 29m 38.96s +70° 31′ 37.50″ 11.71 924 G0V Qatar-8b 0.37 1.285 3.71 0.0474 0 (fixed) 89.29 ± 0.7 2019
Qatar-9 Ursa Major  10h 42m 59.54s +60° 57′ 50.83″ 14.02 K5V Qatar-9b 1.19 1.01 1.54 0.0234 0 (fixed) 89.23 ± 0.64 2019
Qatar-10 Draco  18h 57m 47.00s +69° 34′ 15.00″ 12.80 1343 F7V Qatar-10b 0.736 1.534 1.645 0.0474 0 (fixed) 89.29 ± 0.70 2019

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Alsubai, K. A.; Parley, N. R.; Bramich, D. M.; Horne, K.; Cameron, A. Collier; West, R. G.; Sorensen, P. M.; Pollacco, D. et al. (2014-01-09). "The Qatar Exoplanet Survey". Acta Astronomica 63 (4): 465. Bibcode: 2013AcA....63..465A. 
  2. ↑ Smith, A. M. S.; Anderson, D. R.; Collier Cameron, A.; Gillon, M.; Hellier, C.; Lendl, M.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Queloz, D. et al. (2012-04-01). "WASP-36b: A New Transiting Planet around a Metal-poor G-dwarf, and an Investigation into Analyses Based on a Single Transit Light Curve". The Astronomical Journal 143 (4): 81. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/143/4/81. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2012AJ....143...81S. 
  3. ↑ Simpson, E. K.; Faedi, F.; Barros, S. C. C.; Brown, D. J. A.; Collier Cameron, A.; Hebb, L.; Pollacco, D.; Smalley, B. et al. (2011-01-01). "WASP-37b: A 1.8 M J Exoplanet Transiting a Metal-poor Star". The Astronomical Journal 141 (1): 8. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/141/1/8. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2011AJ....141....8S. 
  4. ↑ Alsubai, K. A.; Parley, N. R.; Bramich, D. M.; West, R. G.; Sorensen, P. M.; Collier Cameron, A.; Latham, D. W.; Horne, K. et al. (2011-10-01). "Qatar-1b: a hot Jupiter orbiting a metal-rich K dwarf star". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 417 (1): 709–716. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19316.x. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode: 2011MNRAS.417..709A. 
  5. ↑ Alsubai, Khalid; Mislis, Dimitris; Tsvetanov, Zlatan I.; Latham, David W.; Bieryla, Allyson; Buchhave, Lars A.; Esquerdo, Gilbert A.; Bramich, D. M. et al. (2017-04-01). "Qatar Exoplanet Survey : Qatar-3b, Qatar-4b, and Qatar-5b". The Astronomical Journal 153 (4): 200. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa6340. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2017AJ....153..200A. http://eprints.keele.ac.uk/3544/1/2017AJ....153..200A.pdf. 




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