CoRoT-16

Last updated
CoRoT-16
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Scutum
Right ascension 18h 34m 05.919s [1]
Declination –06° 00 09.24 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)16.03±0.43 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G5 V [3]
B−V color index +1.82 [2]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ)RA: +0.937 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: –8.043 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.3406 ± 0.0624  mas [1]
Distance 2,400 ± 100  ly
(750 ± 30  pc)
Details [3]
Mass 1.098+0.082
−0.078
  M
Radius 1.19+0.14
−0.13
  R
Luminosity 0.77 [4]   L
Surface gravity (log g)4.36±0.10  cgs
Temperature 5,650±100  K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.19±0.06  dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)0.50±0.50 [5]  km/s
Age 6.7±2.8 [5]   Gyr
Other designations
Gaia DR2  4256135160951556480
Database references
SIMBAD data
Exoplanet Archive data
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia
data

CoRoT-16 is a solitary star located in the equatorial constellation Scutum. With an apparent magnitude of 16, it requires a powerful telescope to be seen, and is located 2,400 light years away based on parallax.

Contents

Properties

This is an ordinary G-type main sequence star with a similar mass to the Sun, but is 19% larger than the latter. It radiates at 77% the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,650 K, which gives it the yellow-hue of a G-type star. CoRoT-16 has a rotation rate of 1/2 km/s, which correlates with an age of 6.7 billion years. As expected with planetary hosts, CoRoT-16 has a high metallicity.

Planetary system

In 2011, the CoRoT mission discovered an unusually eccentric "hot Jupiter".

The planetary system
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass [5] Semimajor axis [3]
(AU)
Orbital period [3]
(days)
Eccentricity [5] Inclination [3] Radius [5]
b 0.529+0.098
−0.096
  MJ
0.0618 ± 0.00155.35227±0.000200.37+0.11
−0.12
85.01+0.94
−1.20
°
1.17+0.14
−0.16
  RJ

Related Research Articles

HD 17156, named Nushagak by the IAU, is a yellow subgiant star approximately 255 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia. The apparent magnitude is 8.17, which means it is not visible to the naked eye but can be seen with good binoculars. A search for a binary companion star using adaptive optics at the MMT Observatory was negative.

HAT-P-6 also named Sterrennacht is a star in the constellation Andromeda, located approximately 895 light years or 274 parsecs away from the Earth. It is an F-type star, implying that it is hotter and more massive than the Sun. The apparent magnitude of the star is +10.54, which means that it can only be visible through the telescope. The absolute magnitude of +3.36 is brighter than the Sun's +4.83, meaning that the star itself is brighter than the Sun. A search for a binary companion star using adaptive optics at the MMT Observatory turned out negative.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">HAT-P-6b</span> Extrasolar planet in the Andromeda constellation

HAT-P-6b is a transiting extrasolar planet discovered by Noyes et al. on October 15, 2007. It is located approximately 910 light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda, orbiting the star HAT-P-6. This hot Jupiter planet orbits with a semi-major axis of about 7.832 gigameters, and takes 92 hours, 28 minutes, 17 seconds and 9 deciseconds to orbit the star. It has true mass of 5.7% greater than Jupiter and a radius 33% greater than Jupiter, corresponding to a density of 0.583 g/cm3, which is less than water.

HD 162020 is a star in the southern constellation of Scorpius with a likely red dwarf companion. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 9.10, which is too faint to be visible to the naked eye. The distance to this system is 101 light years based on stellar parallax. It is drifting closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −27 km/s, and is predicted to come to within ~18 light-years in 1.1 million years.

WASP-11/HAT-P-10 is a binary star. It is a primary main-sequence orange dwarf star. Secondary is M-dwarf with a projected separation of 42 AU. The system is located about 424 light-years away in the constellation Aries.

HD 224635 and HD 224636 is a pair of stars comprising a binary star system in the constellation Andromeda. They are located approximately 94 light years away and they orbit each other every 717 years.

45 Aquilae, abbreviated 45 Aql, is a triple star system in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. 45 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation. It is located 350 light-years away from Earth, give or take a 6 light-year margin of error, and has a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.7. The system is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of -46 km/s.

HD 90089 is a star located in the northern circumpolar constellation Camelopardalis. With an apparent magnitude of 5.25, it is faintly visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions. This star is located relatively close at a distance of 75 light years, but is drifting away at a rate of almost 8 km/s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CoRoT-1</span> Yellow dwarf star in the constellation Monoceros

CoRoT-1 is a yellow dwarf main sequence star similar to the Sun. The star is located approximately 2,630 light-years away in the constellation of Monoceros. The apparent magnitude of this star is 13.6, which means it is not visible to the naked eye; however, it can be seen through a medium-sized amateur telescope on a clear, dark night. The first exoplanet discovered in the course of the CoRoT mission orbits this star; it is considered to be a "hot Jupiter", and is approximately as massive as the planet Jupiter itself.

HIP 12961 is a star with an exoplanetary companion in the equatorial constellation of Eridanus. It is too faint to be visible to the naked eye, with an apparent visual magnitude of 10.24. The distance to this system can be estimated from its parallax measurements, which yield a separation of 76.3 light-years from the Sun. It is receding with a radial velocity of +33 km/s and has a high proper motion, traversing the celestial sphere at an angular rate of 0.300″ yr−1.

HAT-P-24 is an F8 dwarf star about 400 parsecs away. A planet was discovered with the transit method by the HATNet Project in 2010. HAT-P-24b, is a typical hot Jupiter orbiting in only 3 days.

HAT-P-17 is a K-type main-sequence star about 92.6 parsecs (302 ly) away. It has a mass of about 0.857 ± 0.039 M. It is the host of two planets, HAT-P-17b and HAT-P-17c, both discovered in 2010. A search for a binary companion star using adaptive optics at the MMT Observatory was negative. A candidate companion was detected by a spectroscopic search of high-resolution K band infrared spectra taken at the Keck observatory.

Tau1 Hydrae is a triple star system in the equatorial constellation of Hydra. Based upon the annual parallax shift of the two visible components as seen from Earth, they are located about 18 parsecs (59 ly) from the Sun. The system has a combined apparent visual magnitude of +4.59, which is bright enough to be visible to the naked eye at night.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CoRoT-16b</span> Extrasolar planet in the constellation Scutum

CoRoT-16b is a transiting exoplanet orbiting the G or K type main sequence star CoRoT-16 2,433 light years away in the southern constellation Scutum. The planet was discovered in June 2011 by the French-led CoRoT mission.

HD 233731, or HAT-P-22, is a suspected multiple star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. It is invisible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 9.732. This system is located at a distance of 267 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +13 km/s.

WASP-35 is a G-type main-sequence star about 660 light-years away. The star's age cannot be well constrained, but it is probably older than the Sun. WASP-35 is similar in concentration of heavy elements compared to the Sun.

KELT-6, also known as BD+31 2447, is a star in the constellation Coma Berenices. With an apparent magnitude of 10.34, it is impossible to see with the unaided eye, but can be seen with a powerful telescope. The star is located 791 light years away from the Solar System based on parallax, but is drifting away with a radial velocity of 1.62 km/s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">HD 27022</span> Star in the constellation Camelopardalis

HD 27022, also known as HR 1327, is a star located in the northern circumpolar constellation Camelopardalis. The object has also been designated as 20 H. Camelopardalis, but is not commonly used in modern times. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.27, allowing it to be faintly visible to the naked eye. Based on parallax measurements from Gaia DR3, the star has been estimated to be 347 light years away. It appears to be approaching the Solar System, having a heliocentric radial velocity of −19.5 km/s.

37 Camelopardalis is a solitary star in the northern circumpolar constellation Camelopardalis. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.36, allowing it to be seen with the naked eye under ideal conditions. Located 444 light years away, the star is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 30.92 km/s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">HD 199223</span> Double star in the constellation Delphinus.

HD 199223 is a double star in the equatorial constellation Delphinus. However, the system was originally in Equuleus prior to the creation of official IAU constellation borders. The components have a separation of 2″ at a position angle of 282° as of 2016. They have apparent magnitudes of 6.34 and 7.49 and distances of 354 and 359 light years respectively. The system is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −33 km/s.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 616. A1. arXiv: 1804.09365 . Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G . doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833051 . Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 1 2 Lasker, Barry M.; et al. (August 2008). "The Second-Generation Guide Star Catalog: Description and Properties". The Astronomical Journal. 136 (2): 735–766. arXiv: 0807.2522 . Bibcode:2008AJ....136..735L. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/136/2/735. ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   17641056.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Ollivier, M.; et al. (May 2012). "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. XXII. CoRoT-16b: a hot Jupiter with a hint of eccentricity around a faint solar-like star". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 541: A149. Bibcode:2012A&A...541A.149O. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117460 . ISSN   0004-6361.
  4. Stassun, Keivan G.; et al. (1 October 2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (4): 138. arXiv: 1905.10694 . Bibcode:2019AJ....158..138S. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   166227927.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Bonomo, A. S.; et al. (June 2017). "The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG . XIV. Investigating giant planet migration history via improved eccentricity and mass determination for 231 transiting planets". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 602: A107. arXiv: 1704.00373 . Bibcode:2017A&A...602A.107B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629882. ISSN   0004-6361. S2CID   118923163.