WASP-121
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Puppis[1] |
| Right ascension | 07h 10m 24.06046s[2] |
| Declination | −39° 05′ 50.5712″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.4 |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | F6V[3][4] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 11.00[5] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.51[5] |
| Apparent magnitude (J) | 9.625[5] |
| Apparent magnitude (H) | 9.439[5] |
| Apparent magnitude (K) | 9.374[5] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 38.25±0.22[2] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −3.735 mas/yr[2] Dec.: 25.663 mas/yr[2] |
| Parallax (π) | 3.7996 ± 0.0104 mas[2] |
| Distance | 858 ± 2 ly (263.2 ± 0.7 pc) |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.353[3] M☉ |
| Radius | 1.458[3] R☉ |
| Temperature | 6,460.0[3] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.13[3] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 11.90±0.31[6] km/s |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
WASP-121, also known as CD-38 3220, is a magnitude 10.4 star located approximately 858 light-years (263 parsecs) away in the constellation Puppis.[1] WASP-121 has a mass and radius similar to the Sun's. It hosts one known exoplanet.
The star, although metal-rich in terms of overall contents of heavy elements, is depleted of carbon. The carbon to oxygen molar ratio of 0.23±0.05 for WASP-121 is well below the solar ratio of 0.55.[7]
Nomenclature
The designation WASP-121 indicates that this was the 121st star found to have a planet by the Wide Angle Search for Planets.
In August 2022, this planetary system was included among 20 systems to be named by the third NameExoWorlds project.[8] The approved names, proposed by a team from Bahrain, were announced in June 2023. WASP-121 is named Dilmun after the ancient civilization, and its planet is named Tylos after the ancient Greek name for Bahrain.[9]
Planetary system
In 2015, the exoplanet WASP-121b was discovered orbiting WASP-121 by the transit method.[3][10] WASP-121b is a hot Jupiter with a mass about 1.18 times that of Jupiter and a radius about 1.81 times that of Jupiter.[4][11] The exoplanet orbits WASP-121, its host star, every 1.27 days.[4][11] Hot water molecules have been found in the stratosphere of WASP-121b (i.e., the atmospheric layer in which temperatures increase as the altitude increases).[3][11][12][13]
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b / Tylos | 1.184[3][4] MJ | 0.02544[3] | 1.275[3] | 0.0[3] | 87.6[3]° | 1.81[4] RJ |
Gallery
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WASP-121b – computer-simulated views (August 2018) -
An artist's impression of a hot Jupiter planet
See also
References
- ^ a b Staff. "Finding the constellation which contains given sky coordinates". djm.cc. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Staff (2015). "Planet WASP-121 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Staff (2017). "WASP Planets". wasp-planets.net. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "WASP-121". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ Borsa, F.; Allart, R.; Casasayas-Barris, N.; Tabernero, H.; Zapatero Osorio, M. R.; Cristiani, S.; Pepe, F.; Rebolo, R.; Santos, N. C.; Adibekyan, V.; Bourrier, V.; Demangeon, O. D. S.; Ehrenreich, D.; Pallé, E.; Sousa, S.; Lillo-Box, J.; Lovis, C.; Micela, G.; Oshagh, M.; Poretti, E.; Sozzetti, A.; Allende Prieto, C.; Alibert, Y.; Amate, M.; Benz, W.; Bouchy, F.; Cabral, A.; Dekker, H.; D'Odorico, V.; et al. (2021), "Atmospheric Rossiter–Mc Laughlin effect and transmission spectroscopy of WASP-121b with ESPRESSO", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 645: A24, arXiv:2011.01245, Bibcode:2021A&A...645A..24B, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039344, S2CID 226237425
- ^ Polanski, Alex S.; Crossfield, Ian J. M.; Howard, Andrew W.; Isaacson, Howard; Rice, Malena (2022), "Chemical Abundances for 25 JWST Exoplanet Host Stars with KeckSpec", Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, 6 (8): 155, arXiv:2207.13662, Bibcode:2022RNAAS...6..155P, doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ac8676
- ^ "List of ExoWorlds 2022". nameexoworlds.iau.org. IAU. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "2022 Approved Names". nameexoworlds.iau.org. IAU. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Delrez, L.; Santerne, A.; Almenara, J.-M.; Anderson, D. R.; Collier-Cameron, A.; Díaz, R. F.; Gillon, M.; Hellier, C.; Jehin, E.; Lendl, M.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Neveu-Vanmalle, M.; Pepe, F.; Pollacco, D.; Queloz, D.; Ségransan, D.; Smalley, B.; Smith, A. M. S.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Udry, S.; Van Grootel, V.; West, R. G. (2015), "WASP-121 b: A hot Jupiter close to tidal disruption transiting an active F star", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458 (4): 4025–4043, arXiv:1506.02471, doi:10.1093/mnras/stw522
- ^ a b c Landau, Elizabeth; Villard, Ray (2 August 2017). "Hubble Detects Exoplanet with Glowing Water Atmosphere". NASA. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ Evans, Thomas M.; et al. (2 August 2017). "An ultrahot gas-giant exoplanet with a stratosphere". Nature. 548 (7665): 58–61. arXiv:1708.01076. Bibcode:2017Natur.548...58E. doi:10.1038/nature23266. PMID 28770846. S2CID 205258293.
- ^ Mikal-Evans, Thomas; Sing, David K.; Kataria, Tiffany; Wakeford, Hannah R.; Mayne, Nathan J.; Lewis, Nikole K.; Barstow, Joanna K.; Spake, Jessica J. (2020). "Confirmation of water emission in the dayside spectrum of the ultrahot Jupiter WASP-121b". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 496 (2): 1638–1644. arXiv:2005.09631. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa1628. S2CID 218684532.
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