Astronomy:HD 202772 Ab

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HD 202772 Ab
Discovery
Discovered byTESS
Discovery date2019
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.05208 AU
Eccentricity0.04
Orbital period3.3 d
StarHD 202772 A
Physical characteristics
Mean radius1.545 |♃|J}}}}}}
Mass1.017 ||J}}}}}}
Physics2,100 K (1,830 °C; 3,320 °F)


HD 202772 Ab is a hot Jupiter orbiting the brighter component of the visual binary star HD 202772, located in the constellation Capricornus at a distance of about 480 light-years from Earth. The discovery was announced on 5 October 2018. HD 202772 Ab orbits its host star once every 3.3 days. It is an inflated hot Jupiter, and a rare example of hot Jupiters around evolved stars. It is also one of the most strongly irradiated planets known, with an equilibrium temperature of 2,100 K (1,830 °C; 3,320 °F).[1]

References

  1. Wang, Songhu (October 5, 2018). "HD 202772 Ab: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Around A Bright, Mildly Evolved Star In A Visual Binary Discovered By Tess". The Astronomical Journal 157 (2): 51. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aaf1b7.