CVSO 30

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CVSO 30
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VLT image of CVSO 30 and its planet, CVSO 30 c
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0        Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Orion
Right ascension 05h 25m 07.556s [1]
Declination +01° 34 24.349 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)+16.26 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type M3 [2]
Variable type T Tau [2]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ)RA: +1.73 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: +0.13 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)2.861 ± 0.075 [1]   mas
Distance 1140 ± 30 ly  ly
(349.5 ± 9.2 [1]   pc)
Details
Mass 0.39 ± 0.05 [2]   M
Radius 1.39 [2]   R
Temperature 3470 [2]   K
Age 2.65 [3]   Myr
Other designations
2MASS J05250755+0134243, PTFO 8-8695
Database references
SIMBAD data

CVSO 30 (PTFO 8-8695) is a suspected binary T Tauri star, located in constellation Orion at 1200 light years from Earth with one candidate planet called CVSO 30 c. The candidate planet is a gas giant. The star is named after the CIDA Variability Survey of Orion (CVSO) [4] and the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) and is within the 25 Ori group. [5]

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Planetary system

The CVSO 30 planetary system
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(years)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
c (unconfirmed)4.7 MJ 66027000

CVSO 30 may have one planet called CVSO 30 c. CVSO 30 c is calculated to have a period of 27,000 years and a semimajor axis of 660 AU.

Direct imaging of the suspected CVSO 30 c, with a calculated mass equal to 4.7 Jupiter's, has been achieved through photometric and spectroscopic high contrast observations carried out with the Very Large Telescope located in Chile, the Keck Observatory in Hawaii and the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain. [6] However, the colors of the object suggest that it may actually be a background star, such as a K-type giant or a M-type subdwarf. [7]

Light curves for CVSO 30, adapted from Koen (2021) CVSO30LightCurve.png
Light curves for CVSO 30, adapted from Koen (2021)

By 2020, the phase of "dips" caused by suspected planet CVSO 30 b had drifted nearly 180 degrees from the expected value, thus ruling out the existence of the planet. Instead, a rare type of stellar starspot activity with very large starspots is now suspected. Also, CVSO 30 is suspected to be a stellar binary, with the previously reported planetary orbital period equal to the rotation period of the companion star. [9] Further investigation of "dips" by 2022 led to hypothesis of a large gas cloud close to synchronous orbit, dust would likely sublimate. [10]

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