Astronomy:TW Hydrae
 Inner region of TW Hydrae protoplanetary disc Credit: S. Andrews, B. Saxton, ALMA (see description) | |
| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Hydra |
| Right ascension | 11h 01m 51.9054s[1] |
| Declination | −34° 42′ 17.0316″[1]> |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.27 ± 0.09[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | Pre-main-sequence |
| Spectral type | K6[2] |
| U−B color index | -0.33[3] |
| B−V color index | 0.67[2] |
| J−H color index | 0.659[2] |
| J−K color index | 0.92[2] |
| Variable type | T Tauri |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 13.40 ± 0.8[2] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −68.389 ± 0.054[1] mas/yr Dec.: −14.016 ± 0.059[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 16.6428 ± 0.0416[1] mas |
| Distance | 196.0 ± 0.5 ly (60.1 ± 0.2 pc) |
| Details | |
| Mass | 0.8[4] M☉ |
| Radius | 1.11[5] R☉ |
| Luminosity (bolometric) | 0.28[note 1] L☉ |
| Temperature | 4,000[5] K |
| Age | 8[5] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
TW Hydrae is a T Tauri star approximately 196 light-years away[1] in the constellation of Hydra (the Sea Serpent). TW Hydrae is about 80% of the mass of the Sun, but is only about 5-10 million years old. The star appears to be accreting from a face-on protoplanetary disk of dust and gas, which has been resolved in images from the ALMA observatory. TW Hydrae is accompanied by about twenty other low-mass stars with similar ages and spatial motions, comprising the "TW Hydrae association" or TWA, one of the closest regions of recent "fossil" star-formation to the Sun.
Stellar characteristics
TW Hydrae is a pre-main-sequence star that is approximately 80% the mass of and 111% the radius of the Sun. It has a temperature of 4000 K and is about 8 million years old. In comparison, the Sun is about 4.6 billion years old[7] and has a temperature of 5778 K.[8] The star's luminosity is 28% (0.28x) that of the Sun, equivalent to that of a main-sequence star of spectral type ~K2. However, the spectral class is K6.
The star's apparent magnitude, or how bright it appears from Earth's perspective, is 11.27. It is too dim to be seen with the naked eye.
Planetary system
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b (unconfirmed) | 23.72 M⊕ | 22 | — | — | — | ~4.25 R⊕ |
| Protoplanetary disk | 1–30? AU | — | — | |||
The star is known to host one likely exoplanet, TW Hydrae b.
Protoplanetary disk
Previously disproven protoplanet
In December 2007, a team led by Johny Setiawan of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany announced discovery of a planet orbiting TW Hydrae, dubbed "TW Hydrae b" with a minimum mass around 1.2 Jupiter masses, a period of 3.56 days, and an orbital radius of 0.04 astronomical units (inside the inner rim of the protoplanetary disk). Assuming it orbits in the same plane as the outer part of the dust disk (inclination 7±1°[10]), it has a true mass of 9.8±3.3 Jupiter masses.[10][11] However, if the inclination is similar to the inner part of the dust disk (4.3±1.0°[12]), the mass would be 16+5−3 Jupiter masses, making it a brown dwarf.[12] Since the star itself is so young, it was presumed this is the youngest extrasolar planet yet discovered, and essentially still in formation.[13]
In 2008 a team of Spanish researchers concluded that the planet does not exist: the radial velocity variations were not consistent when observed at different wavelengths, which would not occur if the origin of the radial velocity variations was caused by an orbiting planet. Instead, the data was better modelled by starspots on TW Hydrae's surface passing in and out of view as the star rotates. "Results support the spot scenario rather than the presence of a hot Jupiter around TW Hya".[14] Similar wavelength-dependent radial velocity variations, also caused by starspots, have been detected on other T Tauri stars.[15]
New study of more distant planet
In 2016, ALMA found evidence that a possible Neptune-like planet was forming in its disk, at a distance of around 22 AU.[16]
Detection of methanol
In 2016, methanol, one of the building blocks for life, was detected in the star's protoplanetary disk.[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Gallery
Shadow moving counterclockwise around a gas and dust disc.[25]
Simulation based on Hubble observations.
TW Hydrae protoplanetary disc.
This illustration is based on NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope images of a gas and dust discs encircling the young star TW Hydrae.
This artist’s impression video shows the protoplanetary disc around TW Hydrae. The organic molecule methyl alcohol (methanol) has been found in this disc.
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Notes
- ↑ From [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{smallmatrix}L=4 \pi R^2 \sigma T_{\rm eff}^4 \end{smallmatrix} }[/math], where [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{smallmatrix}L \end{smallmatrix} }[/math] is the luminosity, [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{smallmatrix}R \end{smallmatrix} }[/math] is the radius, [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{smallmatrix}T_{\rm eff}\end{smallmatrix} }[/math] is the effective surface temperature and [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{smallmatrix}\sigma \end{smallmatrix} }[/math] is the Stefan–Boltzmann constant.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "V* TW Hya". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=V%2A+TW+Hya.
- ↑ Mermilliod, J.C. (1991), "Homogeneous Means in the UBV System", VizieR On-line Data Catalog (Institut d'Astronomie, Universite de Lausanne), Bibcode: 2006yCat.2168....0M.Vizier catalog entry
- ↑ Chunhua, Qi et al. (August 2013). "Imaging of the CO Snow Line in a Solar Nebula Analog". Science 341 (6146): 630–632. doi:10.1126/science.1239560. PMID 23868917. Bibcode: 2013Sci...341..630Q.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Rhee, J.H. et al. (May 2007), "Characterization of dusty debris disks: the IRAS and Hipparcos catalogs", The Astrophysical Journal 660 (2): 1556–1571, doi:10.1086/509912, Bibcode: 2007ApJ...660.1556R.Vizier catalog entry
- ↑ Rucinski, Slavek M.; Matthews, Jaymie M.; Kuschnig, Rainer; Pojmanski, Grzegorz; Rowe, Jason; Guenther, David B.; Moffat, Anthony F. J.; Sasselov, Dimitar et al. (December 2008). "Photometric variability of the T Tauri star TW Hya on time-scales of hours to years". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 391 (4): 1913–1924. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14014.x. Bibcode: 2008MNRAS.391.1913R.
- ↑ Fraser Cain (16 September 2008). "How Old is the Sun?". Universe Today. http://www.universetoday.com/18237/how-old-is-the-sun/.
- ↑ Fraser Cain (15 September 2008). "Temperature of the Sun". Universe Today. http://www.universetoday.com/18092/temperature-of-the-sun/.
- ↑ Tsukagoshi, Takashi; Nomura, Hideko; Muto, Takayuki; Kawabe, Ryohei; Ishimoto, Daiki; Kanagawa, Kazuhiro D.; Okuzumi, Satoshi; Ida, Shigeru et al. (2016). "A Gap with a Deficit of Large Grains in the protoplanetary disk around TW Hya". The Astrophysical Journal 829 (2): L35. doi:10.3847/2041-8205/829/2/L35. Bibcode: 2016ApJ...829L..35T.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Setiawan, J.; Henning, Th.; Launhardt, R.; Müller, A.; Weise, P.; Kürster, M. (3 January 2008). "A young massive planet in a star–disk system". Nature 451 (7174): 38–41. doi:10.1038/nature06426. PMID 18172492. Bibcode: 2008Natur.451...38S.
- ↑ McKee, Maggie (2 January 2008). "First planet discovered around a youthful star". NewScientist.com news service. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13135-first-planet-discovered-around-a-youthful-star.html.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Pontoppidan, Klaus M. (2008). "Spectro-astrometric imaging of molecular gas within protoplanetary disk gaps". The Astrophysical Journal 684 (2): 1323–1329. doi:10.1086/590400. Bibcode: 2008ApJ...684.1323P.
- ↑ "A young extrasolar planet in its cosmic nursery: Astronomers from Heidelberg discover planet in a dusty disk around a newborn star". Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. 2008-01-02. http://www.mpia.de/Public/menu_q2e.php?Aktuelles/PR/2008/PR080103/PR_080103_en.html.
- ↑ Huelamo, N. (2008). "TW Hydrae: evidence of stellar spots instead of a Hot Jupiter". Astronomy and Astrophysics 489 (2): L9–L13. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810596. Bibcode: 2008A&A...489L...9H.
- ↑ Prato, L. (2008). "A Young Planet Search in Visible and IR Light: DN Tau, V836 Tau, and V827 Tau". The Astrophysical Journal 687 (2): L103–L106. doi:10.1086/593201. Bibcode: 2008ApJ...687L.103P.
- ↑ "Astronomers discover signs of planet being born around a star". 14 September 2016. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/giant-planet-born-in-stars-dust-cloud-tw-hydrae-a7307931.html.
- ↑ "Methanol, a Building Block of Life, Found Around Newborn Star for 1st Time". 17 June 2016. http://www.space.com/33193-organic-molecule-planet-forming-disk.html.
- ↑ Astrophysics, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for (2016-06-20). "ALMA Reveals Methanol in the TW Hydrae Protoplanetary Disk" (in en-US). https://scitechdaily.com/alma-reveals-methanol-in-the-tw-hydrae-protoplanetary-disk/.
- ↑ "Methanol Detected in Protoplanetary Disc around Young Star TW Hydrae | Astronomy | Sci-News.com" (in en-US). 15 June 2016. http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/methanol-protoplanetary-disc-tw-hydrae-03952.html.
- ↑ "NASA Astrobiology" (in en-EN). https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/methanol-detected-for-first-time-around-young-star/.
- ↑ "First Detection of Methyl Alcohol in a Planet-forming Disk" (in en-US). https://public.nrao.edu/news/2016-methanol-alma/.
- ↑ Dockrill, Peter (16 June 2016). "Scientists Just Discovered Methyl Alcohol in a Nearby Planet-Forming Disc" (in en-gb). https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-discovered-methyl-alcohol-in-a-nearby-planet-forming-disc.
- ↑ Report, Science World (2017-05-29). "Methanol Discovered For The First Time In The Protoplanetary Disk Of Young Star 'TW Hydra'" (in en-US). https://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/59704/20170529/methanol-discovered-first-time-protoplanetary-disk-young-star-tw-hydra.htm.
- ↑ "A Molecule For Life Has Been Found Inside A Nearby Planetary Nursery". https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/a-molecule-for-life-has-been-found-inside-a-nearby-planetary-nursery-1419940.
- ↑ "Shadow on TW Hydrae's disc". https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1703a/.
External links
- "Hubble's infrared eyes home in on suspected extrasolar planet". NASA. Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0501.html.
- "Notes for star TW Hya and possible planet TW Hya b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. https://exoplanet.eu/catalog/tw_hya_b--448/. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
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