Astronomy:WASP-76

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Short description: Star in the Pisces constellation
WASP-76
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension  01h 46m 31.8577s[1]
Declination 02° 42′ 02.0332″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.52[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence star
Spectral type F7V
B−V color index 0.61
J−H color index 0.21
J−K color index 0.3
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−1.152±0.0033[3] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 45.398[1] mas/yr
Dec.: -40.819[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.1204 ± 0.1579[1] mas
Distance640 ± 20 ly
(195 ± 6 pc)
Details[4]
Mass1.46±0.07 M
Radius1.73±0.04 R
Surface gravity (log g)4.4±0.1[5] cgs
Temperature6250±100 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.23±0.1 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)3.3±0.6[5] km/s
Age5.3+6.1−2.9[5] Gyr
Other designations
WASP-76, 2MASS J01463185+0242019, Gaia DR2 2512326349403275520
Database references
SIMBADdata

WASP-76, also known as BD+01 316, is a yellow-white main sequence star in the constellation of Pisces. Since 2014, it has had one suspected stellar companion at a projected separation of 85 astronomical units.[6][7]

Planetary system

Size comparison of WASP-76 b, Jupiter and Saturn

The "hot Jupiter" class planet WASP-76b was discovered around WASP-76 in 2013.

The WASP-76 planetary system[8]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b 0.92±0.03 MJ 0.033 1.809886±0.000001 0 88.0±1.6° 1.83±0.06 RJ

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. Høg, E. (2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 355: L27–L30. Bibcode2000A&A...355L..27H. 
  3. Soubiran, C.; Jasniewicz, G.; Chemin, L.; Zurbach, C.; Brouillet, N.; Panuzzo, P.; Sartoretti, P.; Katz, D. et al. (2018). "Gaia Data Release 2. The catalogue of radial velocity standard stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 616: A7. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201832795. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...7S. 
  4. Martin, Pierre-Yves (2023). "Planet WASP-76 b" (in en). https://exoplanet.eu/catalog/wasp_76_b--1420/. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 West, R. G.; Hellier, C.; Almenara, J.-M.; Anderson, D. R.; Barros, S. C. C.; Bouchy, F.; Brown, D. J. A.; Collier Cameron, A. et al. (2016). "Three irradiated and bloated hot Jupiters". Astronomy & Astrophysics 585: A126. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527276. 
  6. Ngo, Henry; Knutson, Heather A.; Hinkley, Sasha; Bryan, Marta; Crepp, Justin R.; Batygin, Konstantin; Crossfield, Ian; Hansen, Brad et al. (2016). "FRIENDS OF HOT JUPITERS. IV. STELLAR COMPANIONS BEYOND 50 au MIGHT FACILITATE GIANT PLANET FORMATION, BUT MOST ARE UNLIKELY TO CAUSE KOZAI–LIDOV MIGRATION". The Astrophysical Journal 827 (1): 8. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/827/1/8. Bibcode2016ApJ...827....8N. 
  7. Ginski, C.; Mugrauer, M.; Seeliger, M.; Buder, S.; Errmann, R.; Avenhaus, H.; Mouillet, D.; Maire, A.-L. et al. (2016). "A lucky imaging multiplicity study of exoplanet host stars – II". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 457 (2): 2173–2191. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw049. Bibcode2016MNRAS.457.2173G. 
  8. Planet WASP-76 b at exoplanet.eu

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