| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 00 18 24.7008 |
| Declination | −15° 16′ 02.2775″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.30 |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | main sequence star |
| Spectral type | G0V |
| B−V color index | 0.32 |
| J−H color index | 0.246 |
| J−K color index | 0.411 |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 9.60±0.54 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 27.416±0.022 mas/yr Dec.: -24.454±0.021 mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 3.9574 ± 0.0247 mas |
| Distance | 824 ± 5 ly (253 ± 2 pc) |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.09±0.01 M☉ |
| Radius | 1.284±0.035 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 1.26 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.40±0.01 cgs |
| Temperature | 6015±55 K |
| Metallicity | -0.02±0.09 dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 3.9±0.4 km/s |
| Age | 6±2 Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| WASP-26, TYC 5839-876-1, DENIS J001824.6-151601, 2MASS J00182469-1516022, Gaia DR2 2416782701664155008 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
WASP-26 is a yellow main sequence star in the constellation of Cetus.
Star characteristics
WASP-26 is an old star close to leaving the main sequence and is part of a wide binary. The binary's projected separation is 3800 astronomical units, its companion star being a red dwarf with an effective temperature of 4600K and a visual magnitude of 13.6. WASP-26 produces a large amount of ultraviolet light due to frequent flares, with an average ultraviolet flux close to the F7 class main-sequence star WASP-1.
Planetary system
The "Hot Jupiter" class planet WASP-26b was discovered around WASP-26 in 2010. The planet would have an equilibrium temperature of 1660±40 K, but measured temperatures are slightly higher at 1775K and no noticeable difference exists between the day-side and the night-side of the planet. A 2011 study using the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect failed to determine the inclination of the planetary orbit to the equatorial plane of the parent star due to high stellar noise, but an initial constraint of -34
−26° was published in 2012.
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | 1.02±0.03 MJ | 0.0400±0.0003 | 2.75660±0.00001 | 0 | 82.5±0.5° | 1.216±0.047 RJ |
References
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- Høg, E.; et al. (2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 355: L27–L30. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H.
- ^ Smalley, B.; Anderson, D. R.; Collier Cameron, A.; Gillon, M.; Hellier, C.; Lister, T. A.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Queloz, D.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; West, R. G.; Bentley, S. J.; Enoch, B.; Pepe, F.; Pollacco, D. L.; Segransan, D.; Smith, A. M. S.; Southworth, J.; Udry, S.; Wheatley, P. J.; Wood, P. L.; Bento, J. (2010). "WASP-26b: A 1-Jupiter-mass planet around an early-G-type star". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 520: A56. arXiv:1004.1542. Bibcode:2010A&A...520A..56S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014705. S2CID 55114421.
- A. Bonfanti, S. Ortolani, and V. Nascimbeni, "Age consistency between exoplanet hosts and field stars", 2016
- ^ Anderson, D. R.; Collier Cameron, A.; Gillon, M.; Hellier, C.; Jehin, E.; Lendl, M.; Queloz, D.; Smalley, B.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Vanhuysse, M. (2011). "Spin-orbit measurements and refined parameters for the exoplanet systems WASP-22 and WASP-26". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 534: A16. arXiv:1106.6092. Bibcode:2011A&A...534A..16A. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117597. S2CID 31204371.
- ^ Southworth, John; Hinse, T. C.; Burgdorf, M.; Calchi Novati, S.; Dominik, M.; Galianni, P.; Gerner, T.; Giannini, E.; Gu, S.-H.; Hundertmark, M.; Jørgensen, U. G.; Juncher, D.; Kerins, E.; Mancini, L.; Rabus, M.; Ricci, D.; Schäfer, S.; Skottfelt, J.; Tregloan-Reed, J.; Wang, X.-B.; Wertz, O.; Alsubai, K. A.; Andersen, J. M.; Bozza, V.; Bramich, D. M.; Browne, P.; Ciceri, S.; d'Ago, G.; Damerdji, Y.; et al. (2014). "High-precision photometry by telescope defocussing – VI. WASP-24, WASP-25 and WASP-26★". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 444 (1): 776–789. arXiv:1407.6253. Bibcode:2014MNRAS.444..776S. doi:10.1093/mnras/stu1492. S2CID 53641330.
- "WASP-26". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
- Evgenya L. Shkolnik, "AN ULTRAVIOLET INVESTIGATION OF ACTIVITY ON EXOPLANET HOST STARS", 2013
- Mahtani, D. P.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Anderson, D. R.; Smith, A. M. S.; Smalley, B.; Tregloan-Reed, J.; Southworth, J.; Madhusudhan, N.; Collier Cameron, A.; Gillon, M.; Harrington, J.; Hellier, C.; Pollacco, D.; Queloz, D.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; West, R. G. (2013). "Warm Spitzer occultation photometry of WASP-26b at 3.6 and 4.5 μm". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 432 (1): 693–701. arXiv:1303.4596. Bibcode:2013MNRAS.432..693M. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt505. S2CID 55842630.
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