HD 82943
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) |
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|---|---|
| Constellation | Hydra |
| Right ascension | 09h 34m 50.736s |
| Declination | −12° 07′ 46.365″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.54 (near naked eye limit) |
| Distance | 89.56 ly (27.46 pc) |
| Spectral type | G0V |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
HD 82943 is a yellow dwarf star approximately 89 light-years away in the constellation of Hydra. Two extrasolar planets have been confirmed to be orbiting it,[1][2] and it is thought that the system had more giant planets that were "swallowed" by the parent star.[3] HD 82943 is estimated at roughly 1.15 times the mass of the Sun.[4]
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[edit] Planetary system
The first planet discovered (designated HD 82943 b) was announced in 2000 by a team of French astronomers led by Michel Mayor.[5] The planet orbits its parent star at a mean distance of 1.19 astronomical units (AU) and taking approximately 441 days to complete the orbit. Nearly a year later, a second planet (designated HD 82943 c) was announced by the same discoverers of the previous planet. This planet orbits closer than the other, at a mean distance of 0.746 AU and taking 219 days to complete its orbit.[4] The two known planets appear to have a 2:1 resonance with one another.[4]
Announced in 2001, HD 82943 was found to contain an unusually high amount of Lithium-6. Stars do not naturally contain Lithium-6, but unlike stars, planets never reach temperatures that are high enough to burn their initial content of Lithium-6 (planets should retain Lithium-6).[3] The simplest and most convincing answer to explain this observation is that one or more planets, or at least planetary material, have fallen into the star, sometime after it passed through its early evolutionary stage.
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| c | 2.01 MJ | 0.746 | 219.3 | 0.359 |
| b | 1.75 MJ | 1.19 | 441.2 | 0.219 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Mayor, M. et al. (2004). "The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets XII. Orbital solutions for 16 extra-solar planets discovered with CORALIE". Astronomy and Astrophysics 415 (1): 391–402. arXiv:astro-ph/0310316. Bibcode 2004A&A...415..391M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034250. http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full/2004/07/aa0250/aa0250.html.
- ^ Butler, R. P. et al. (2006). "Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal 646 (1): 505–522. arXiv:astro-ph/0607493. Bibcode 2006ApJ...646..505B. doi:10.1086/504701. http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X/646/1/505/64046.html.
- ^ a b "The Harsh Destiny of a Planet?". eso0118 Science Release. European Southern Observatory. 9 May 2001. http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0118/. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
- ^ a b c d Lee, Man Hoi et al. (2006). "On the 2:1 Orbital Resonance in the HD 82943 Planetary System". The Astrophysical Journal 641 (2): 1178–1187. arXiv:astro-ph/0512551. Bibcode 2006ApJ...641.1178L. doi:10.1086/500566. http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/641/2/1178/fulltext/.
- ^ "Exoplanets Galore!". eso0019 Science Release. European Southern Observatory. 15 April 2000. http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0019/. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
[edit] External links
- "HD 82943". Extrasolar Visions. http://www.extrasolar.net/startour.asp?StarCatId=&StarId=113. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- "HD 82943: Planet Swallower". Astronomy Picture of the Day. NASA. 2001-05-18. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010518.html. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- "Notes for star HD 82943". The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. http://exoplanet.eu/star.php?st=HD+82943. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- "The Harsh Destiny of a Planet?". European Southern Observatory. 2001-05-09. http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2001/pr-10-01.html. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- Extrasolar Planet Interactions by Rory Barnes & Richard Greenberg, Lunar and Planetary Lab, University of Arizona
