HAT-P-2b

HAT-P-2b is an extrasolar planet detected by the HATNet Project in May 2007. It orbits a class F star HAT-P-2, (bigger and hotter than the Sun), located about 420 light-years away in the constellation Hercules.

HAT-P-2b
Magor
Size comparison of HAT-P-2b with Jupiter.
Discovery
Discovered byHATNet Project[1]
Discovery date2007-05-01[2]
Transit
Designations
HAT-P-2b
Orbital characteristics
0.06880+0.00065
−0.00070 AU
Eccentricity0.50833+0.00082
−0.00075[3]
5.6334729±0.0000061 days[4] d
Inclination85.97+0.28
−0.25[5]
2455289.4721±0.0038[5]
188.09±0.39[5]
Semi-amplitude983.9±17.2[4]
StarHD 147506
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
1.106±0.061[5] RJ
Mass8.70+0.19
−0.20[3] MJ
Mean density
7300±1600 kg m−3
162±27 m/s²
Temperature1187[6]

    The planet is officially named Magor. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Hungary, during the 100th anniversary of the International Astronomical Union. Magor was a legendary ancestor of the Magyar people and the Hungarian nation, and brother of Hunor (name of the star HAT-P-2).[7][8]

    Physical properties

    The planet's mass has been estimated to be 8.65 times that of Jupiter, while its diameter, at 135,978 km (84,493 mi), is 0.951 times Jupiter's. Its small size, despite the bloating of the planet's atmosphere, is caused by the strong gravity of the planet. The planetary atmosphere has indeed the smallest scale height, equal to 26km, among exoplanets with measurable atmospheres as at 2021.[9]

    This indicates its mean density is twice that of Earth and its surface gravity approximately 24 times that on Earth, almost equal to the Sun.

    In addition to heat from its primary star, tidal heating is thought to have played a significant role in this planet's evolution.[10]

    Orbit

    Planetary orbital period is 5 days 15 hours, and inclination is such what it crosses directly in front of the star as viewed from Earth.[1][2] The orbit is very eccentric, ranging from 4.90 million to 15.36 million miles from the star.[2]


    As of August 2008, the most recent calculation of HAT-P-2b's Rossiter–McLaughlin effect and so spin-orbit angle was that of Winn in 2007 but Loeillet has in 2008 disputed it.[11][12] For Winn this is +1 ± 13 degrees.[13] The study in 2012, have determined the planetary orbit is probably aligned with the equatorial plane of the star, misalignment equal to 9±10°.[14]

    Other planets in system

    It has been suggested that there is a second outer planet perturbing HAT-P-2b, although thus far, this has neither been proven or disproven.[2]

    References
    1. Bakos, G. Á.; et al. (2007). "HD 147506b: A Supermassive Planet in an Eccentric Orbit Transiting a Bright Star". The Astrophysical Journal. 670 (1): 826–832. arXiv:0705.0126. Bibcode:2007ApJ...670..826B. doi:10.1086/521866.
    2. Aguilar, David A.; Pulliam, Christine (2007-05-01). "Astronomers find super-massive planet" (Press release). Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
    3. Bonomo, A. S.; et al. (2017). "The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG . XIV. Investigating giant planet migration history via improved eccentricity and mass determination for 231 transiting planets". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 602 (107): A107. arXiv:1704.00373. Bibcode:2017A&A...602A.107B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629882. S2CID 118923163.
    4. Pál, András; et al. (2010). "Refined stellar, orbital and planetary parameters of the eccentric HAT-P-2 planetary system". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 401 (4): 2665–2674. arXiv:0908.1705. Bibcode:2010MNRAS.401.2665P. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15849.x. S2CID 15447826.
    5. Lewis, Nikole K.; et al. (2013). "Orbital Phase Variations of the Eccentric Giant Planet HAT-P-2b". The Astrophysical Journal. 766 (2): 95. arXiv:1302.5084. Bibcode:2013ApJ...766...95L. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/766/2/95. S2CID 9800690.
    6. Ravilious, Kate (May 3, 2007). ""Weird" New Planet Weighs as Much as 2,500 Earths". National Geographic News. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
    7. "Approved names". NameExoworlds. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
    8. "International Astronomical Union | IAU". www.iau.org. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
    9. Baxter, Claire; Désert, Jean-Michel; Tsai, Shang-Min; Todorov, Kamen O.; Bean, Jacob L.; Deming, Drake; Parmentier, Vivien; Fortney, Jonathan J.; Line, Michael; Thorngren, Daniel; Pierrehumbert, Raymond T.; Burrows, Adam; Showman, Adam P. (2021), "Evidence for disequilibrium chemistry from vertical mixing in hot Jupiter atmospheres", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 648: A127, arXiv:2103.07185, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039708, S2CID 232222174
    10. Jackson, Brian; et al. (2008). "Tidal Heating of Extra-Solar Planets". Astrophysical Journal. 681 (2): 1631. arXiv:0803.0026. Bibcode:2008ApJ...681.1631J. doi:10.1086/587641. S2CID 42315630.
    11. Joshua N. Winn (2008). "Measuring accurate transit parameters". Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 4: 99–109. arXiv:0807.4929. Bibcode:2009IAUS..253...99W. doi:10.1017/S174392130802629X. S2CID 34144676.
    12. Loeillet, B.; et al. (2008). "Refined parameters and spectroscopic transit of the super-massive planet HD 147506b". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 481 (2): 529–533. arXiv:0707.0679. Bibcode:2008A&A...481..529L. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078167. S2CID 16649763.
    13. Winn; et al. (2007). "Spin-Orbit Alignment for the Eccentric Exoplanet HD 147506b". Astrophysical Journal Letters. 665 (2): L167. arXiv:0707.0503. Bibcode:2007ApJ...665L.167W. doi:10.1086/521362. S2CID 330965.
    14. Albrecht, Simon; Winn, Joshua N.; Johnson, John A.; Howard, Andrew W.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Butler, R. Paul; Arriagada, Pamela; Crane, Jeffrey D.; Shectman, Stephen A.; Thompson, Ian B.; Hirano, Teruyuki; Bakos, Gaspar; Hartman, Joel D. (2012), "Obliquities of Hot Jupiter Host Stars: Evidence for Tidal Interactions and Primordial Misalignments", The Astrophysical Journal, 757 (1): 18, arXiv:1206.6105, Bibcode:2012ApJ...757...18A, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/757/1/18, S2CID 17174530

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