Qatar-4
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Andromeda[1] |
| Right ascension | 00h 19m 26.22s[2] |
| Declination | +44° 01′ 39.5″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.60[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | main sequence[2] |
| Spectral type | K1V[3] |
| Variable type | planetary transit |
| Astrometry | |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 0.923±0.011 mas/yr[2] Dec.: −8.921±0.009 mas/yr[2] |
| Parallax (π) | 3.0567±0.0158 mas[2] |
| Distance | 1,067 ± 6 ly (327 ± 2 pc) |
| Details | |
| Mass | 0.856+0.029 −0.030[4] M☉ |
| Radius | 0.800+0.015 −0.014[4] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 0.481[3] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.565+0.018 −0.020[4] cgs |
| Temperature | 5174+33 −35[4] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.095+0.076 −0.088[4] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 7.1±0.5[3] km/s |
| Age | 170±0.1[3] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Gaia DR3 385697172809355392, Qatar 4, UCAC3 269-3518 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
| Exoplanet Archive | data |
Qatar-4 is a faint K-dwarf star that hosts a planet in the constellation Andromeda. With an apparent magnitude of 13.60, it is impossible to detect with the naked eye, but can be detected with a powerful telescope. Qatar-4 is currently located 1,083 light years away based on parallax.
Properties
This star is a relatively young star with an age of only 170 million years. At this age, it is still on the main sequence. Qatar-4 has 89.6% the mass of the Sun, and 84.9% the latter's radius. Despite all of this, it only has 48.1% of the Sun's luminosity, which corresponds to an effective temperature of 5,120 K. Qatar-4 has a similar metallicity to the Sun, and rotates at a rate of 7.1 km/s.
Planetary system
In 2016, the Qatar Exoplanet Survey discovered a planet around this star.
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | 5.26+0.22 −0.21 MJ |
0.02861 | 1.80536494±9−7 | 0.046+0.064 −0.034 |
87.5±1.6° | 1.083+0.022 −0.021 RJ |
| Discovery[3] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Alsubai et al. 2019 |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.02803 ± 0.00048 au[3] | |
| Eccentricity | 0[3] |
| 1.8053564 d[3] | |
| Inclination | 87.5 ± 1.6°[3] |
| Semi-amplitude | 957±16 m/s[3] |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 1.135 ± 0.11 RJ[3] | |
| Mass | 5.36 ± 0.20 MJ[3] |
Mean density | 4.50 ± 1.00 g cm−3[3] |
| Temperature | 1385 ± 50 K[3] |
Qatar-4b
Qatar-4b is a Super-Jupiter orbiting the star Qatar-4 every 1.8 days. It was discovered in 2016 by the Qatar Exoplanet Survey (QES).
This planet has a very short orbit, with only 1.8 days for it to complete an orbit around Qatar-4. The period corresponds with a separation of around 0.03 AU, which is almost 20 times closer than Mercury is to the Sun. Despite that, it has a perfectly round orbit. Since the host is an active star, Qatar-4 may be destroyed by tidal waves from the star.[5]
Qatar-4b has over 5 times the mass of Jupiter. Despite this, it has a radius that is only 13.5% larger than the latter's. This planet has an effective temperature of 1,385 K, which classifies as a hot Jupiter, and is denser than Jupiter, with about 4 times the density.
See also
References
- ^ Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation from a position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 99 (617): 695. Bibcode:1987PASP...99..695R. doi:10.1086/132034. Constellation record for this object at VizieR.
- ^ 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 m n o Alsubai, Khalid; Mislis, Dimitris; Tsvetanov, Zlatan I.; Latham, David W.; Bieryla, Allyson; Buchhave, Lars A.; Esquerdo, Gilbert A.; Bramich, D. M.; Pyrzas, Stylianos; Vilchez, Nicolas P. E.; Mancini, Luigi (2017-04-01). "Qatar Exoplanet Survey : Qatar-3b, Qatar-4b, and Qatar-5b". The Astronomical Journal. 153 (4): 200. arXiv:1606.06882. Bibcode:2017AJ....153..200A. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa6340. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 119214858.
- ^ a b c d e f Wang, Xian-Yu; Wang, Yong-Hao; Wang, Songhu; Wu, Zhen-Yu; Rice, Malena; Zhou, Xu; Hinse, Tobias C.; Liu, Hui-Gen; Ma, Bo; Peng, Xiyan; Zhang, Hui; Yu, Cong; Zhou, Ji-Lin; Laughlin, Gregory (2021), "Transiting Exoplanet Monitoring Project (TEMP). VI. The Homogeneous Refinement of System Parameters for 39 Transiting Hot Jupiters with 127 New Light Curves", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 255 (1): 15, arXiv:2105.14851, Bibcode:2021ApJS..255...15W, doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ac0835, S2CID 235253975
- ^ Hamer, Jacob H.; Schlaufman, Kevin C. (2019-11-01). "Hot Jupiters Are Destroyed by Tides While Their Host Stars Are on the Main Sequence". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (5): 190. arXiv:1908.06998. Bibcode:2019AJ....158..190H. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3c56. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 201103951.