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HD 17156 b

Extrasolar planet in the constellation of Cassiopeia

HD 17156 b

Extrasolar planet in the constellation of Cassiopeia

FieldValue
nameHD 17156 b / Mulchatna
imageExoplanet Comparison HD 17156 b.png
captionSize comparison of HD 17156 b with Jupiter.
<!-- DISCOVERY -->discovererFischer et al.
discovery_siteW. M. Keck Observatory
Subaru Telescope
discovered14 April 2007
discovery_methodRadial velocity and Transit
<!-- ORBITAL -->apsisastron
semimajor0.1589 AU
eccentricity0.6768 ± 0.0034
period21.2163979 ± 0.0000159 d
inclination86.573 ± 0.060
time_periastron2454438.4835±0.0025
arg_peri121.71 ± 0.43
semi-amplitude274.2 ± 2.0
starHD 17156
<!-- PHYS CHARS -->mean_radius1.0870 ± 0.0066
mass3.191 ± 0.033
density3470 kg/m3
surface_grav67.0 ±
single_temperature?

Subaru Telescope | semi-amplitude = 274.2 ± 2.0 HD 17156 b, named Mulchatna by the IAU, is an extrasolar planet approximately 255 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia. The planet was discovered orbiting the yellow subgiant star HD 17156 in April 2007. The planet is classified as a relatively cool hot Jupiter planet slightly smaller than Jupiter but slightly larger than Saturn. This highly-eccentric three-week orbit takes it approximately 0.0523 AU of the star at periastron before swinging out to approximately 0.2665 AU at apastron. Its eccentricity is about the same as 16 Cygni Bb, a so-called "eccentric Jupiter". Until 2009, HD 17156 b was the transiting planet with the longest orbital period.

Discovery

The planet was discovered on April 14, 2007, by a team using the radial velocity method on the Keck and Subaru telescopes. The team made an initial negative, transit search, but they were only able to cover 25% of the search space. This left the possibility of a transit open.

After the possibility of a transit was discussed on oklo.org, various groups performed a follow-on search. These searches confirmed a three-hour transit on October 2, 2007, and a paper was published two days later.

Name

The planet was originally named "HD 17156 b", being the second object in the HD 17156 system.

The planet was given the name "Mulchatna" by the IAU, chosen by United States representatives for the NameExoWorlds content, with the comment that "The Mulchatna River is a tributary of the Nushagak River in southwestern Alaska, USA". Its parent star was simultaneously named Nushagak in the contest.

Orbit

To-scale diagram of the planet's orbit. The gray line indicates the transit window.

Careful radial velocity measurements have made it possible to detect the Rossiter–McLaughlin effect, the shifting in photospheric spectral lines caused by the planet occulting a part of the rotating stellar surface. This effect allows the measurement of the angle between the planet's orbital plane and the equatorial plane of the star. This planet's spin-orbit angle was initially measured by Narita in 2007 as +62 ± 25 but has been remeasured by Cochran +9.4 ± 9.3 degrees. The study in 2012, refined the misalignemt angle to 10°.

Due to its high eccentricity and large distance from its star, HD 17156 b has a low probability of ever entering a secondary eclipse. The star's true temperature cannot be measured with accuracy. Due to the high eccentricity of its orbit, the atmosphere of HD 17156 b undergoes a 27-fold variation in stellar flux during each orbit.

References

References

  1. (2007). "Improved parameters for the transiting planet HD 17156b: A high-density giant planet with a very eccentric orbit". Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  2. "Approved names (§ United States of America)". [[IAU]].
  3. [http://transitsearch.org TransitSearch] (See: [[HD 80606 b]])
  4. (2009-08-01). "Characterization of the HD 17156 planetary system". Astronomy & Astrophysics.
  5. Cochran, W. D.. (10 August 2008). "The Spin-Orbit Alignment of the HD 17156 Transiting Eccentric Planetary System". The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
  6. (2012). "Obliquities of Hot Jupiter Host Stars: Evidence for Tidal Interactions and Primordial Misalignments". The Astrophysical Journal.
  7. (July 2008). "Parameters and Predictions for the Long-Period Transiting Planet HD 17156b". [[The Astrophysical Journal]].
  8. (2007). "HD 17156b: A Transiting Planet with a 21.2 Day Period and an Eccentric Orbit". Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters.
  9. (2007). "Five Intermediate-Period Planets from the N2K Sample". The Astrophysical Journal.
  10. (2009). "The Upper Atmosphere of HD17156b". The Astrophysical Journal.
  11. (2011). "Precise Estimates of the Physical Parameters for the Exoplanet System HD 17156 Enabled by Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor Transit and Asteroseismic Observations". The Astrophysical Journal.
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