HIP 65426 b

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HIP 65426 b / Najsakopajk
The unusual exoplanet HIP 65426b -- SPHERE's first.jpg
HIP 65426 b is on the lower left of the image, with the circle representing what Neptune's orbit would look like around the star HIP 65426, represented by a small cross.
Discovery [1]
Discovered by SPHERE consortium [2]
Discovery date6 July 2017
Direct imaging
Designations
Najsakopajk [3]
Orbital characteristics
87+108
−31  AU [4]
Inclination 100° +15°
−6° [4]
Physical characteristics
1.44±0.03  RJ [4]
Mass 7.1±1.2  MJ [4]
3.93+0.07
−0.09 dex [4]
Temperature 1,283+25
−31  K [4]

    HIP 65426 b, formally named Najsakopajk, [3] is a super-Jupiter exoplanet orbiting the star HIP 65426. It was discovered on 6 July 2017 by the SPHERE consortium using the Spectro-Polarimetric High-Contrast Exoplanet Research (SPHERE) instrument belonging to the European Southern Observatory (ESO), [5] [6] being the first planet discovered by the SPHERE instrument. [7] It is 385 light-years from Earth in the Centaurus constellation. [8]

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    Nomenclature

    HIP 65426 b is a designation inherited from the host star's name, HIP 65426, following the exoplanet naming convention, where exoplanets receive lowercase letters. The designation HIP 65426 has its origin on the Hipparcos catalogue. [9]

    In August 2022, this planet and its host star were included among 20 systems to be named by the third NameExoWorlds project. [10] The approved names, proposed by a team from Mexico, were announced in June 2023. HIP 65426 b is named Najsakopajk and its host star is named Matza, after Zoque words for "Mother Earth" and "star". [3]

    Overview

    The exoplanet HIP 65426 b orbits its host star HIP 65426, an A-type main-sequence star with apparent magnitude 7.01, with a mass of 1.96±0.04  M☉ , a radius of 1.77±0.05  R☉ and an effective temperature of 8,840  K (8,570 °C). [11] This planetary system is located in the constellation Centaurus. The planet is around 14 million years old, much younger than the Solar System which is 4.5 billion years old, but is not associated with a debris disk, despite its young age, [6] [8] causing it to not fit current models for planetary formation. [12] It is around 92 AU from its parent star, with a possible dusty atmosphere. [13] It was discovered as part of the SHINE program, which aimed to find planetary systems around 600 new stars. [1]

    In September 2022, HIP 65426 b became the first exoplanet directly observed by the James Webb Space Telescope. [14]

    Planetary atmosphere

    The spectrum taken in 2020 has indicated that HIP 65426 b is carbon-poor and oxygen-rich compared to Solar System gas giants. [15]

    Spectral analysis of data from the James Webb Space Telescope revealed strong evidence of silicate clouds containing enstatite with no evidence of a dusty atmosphere. [16]

    James Webb Space Telescope observations

    In August 2022, a pre-print of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations was published. The JWST direct imaging observations between 2-16 μm of HIP 65426 b tightly constrained its bolometric luminosity to , which provides a robust mass constraint of 7.1±1.2  MJ . Evolutionary models suggest a radius 45% larger than that of Jupiter and an effective temperature of 1,283  K (1,010 °C). Atmospheric models suggest lower radii down to 0.9 RJ and higher temperatures, but these results are unreliable. The team also constrained the semi-major axis and the inclination of the planet, but the new JWST astrometry of the planet did not significantly improve the orbit of the planet, especially the eccentricity remains unconstrained. [4]

    HIP 65426 b is the first exoplanet to be imaged by JWST and the first to be detected in wavelengths beyond 5 μm. The observations demonstrate that the James Webb Space Telescope will exceed its nominal predicted performance by a factor of 10 and that it will be able to image 0.3 MJ planets at 100 au for main-sequence stars, Neptune and Uranus-mass objects at 100-200 au for M-dwarfs and Saturn-mass objects at 10 au for M-dwarfs. For α Cen A JWST might be able to push the limit to a 5 R🜨 planet at 0.5 to 2.5 au. [4]

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    HIP 65426 star map
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    HIP 65426 b viewed by the James Webb Space Telescope (August 2022)

    See also

    References

    1. 1 2 Chauvin, G.; Desidera, S.; Lagrange, A. -M.; Vigan, A.; Gratton, R.; Langlois, M.; Bonnefoy, M.; Beuzit, J. -L.; Feldt, M.; Mouillet, D.; Meyer, M.; Cheetham, A.; Biller, B.; Boccaletti, A.; d'Orazi, V.; Galicher, R.; Hagelberg, J.; Maire, A. -L.; Mesa, D.; Olofsson, J.; Samland, M.; Schmidt, T. O. B.; Sissa, E.; Bonavita, M.; Charnay, B.; Cudel, M.; Daemgen, S.; Delorme, P.; Janin-Potiron, P.; et al. (2017). "Discovery of a warm, dusty giant planet around HIP 65426". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 605: L9. arXiv: 1707.01413 . Bibcode:2017A&A...605L...9C. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201731152. S2CID   102344893.
    2. ↑ "Odd planetary system around fast-spinning star doesn't quite fit existing models of planet formation". www.sphere.osug.fr. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
    3. 1 2 3 "2022 Approved Names". nameexoworlds.iau.org. IAU . Retrieved 7 June 2023.
    4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Carter, Aarynn L.; Hinkley, Sasha; Kammerer, Jens; Skemer, Andrew; Biller, Beth A.; Leisenring, Jarron M.; Millar-Blanchaer, Maxwell A.; Petrus, Simon; Stone, Jordan M.; Ward-Duong, Kimberly; Wang, Jason J.; Girard, Julien H.; Hines, Dean C.; Perrin, Marshall D.; Pueyo, Laurent (2023-07-06). "The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems I: High Contrast Imaging of the Exoplanet HIP 65426 b from 2-16 μm". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 951 (1): L20. arXiv: 2208.14990 . Bibcode:2023ApJ...951L..20C. doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/acd93e .
    5. ↑ "Scientists have found a planet that means everything they thought about planets isn't true". The Independent. 2017-07-08. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
    6. 1 2 "Astronomers Directly Image Super-Jupiter around HIP 65426 | Astronomy | Sci-News.com". Breaking Science News | Sci-News.com. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
    7. ↑ "ESO's SPHERE Unveils its First Exoplanet". www.eso.org. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
    8. 1 2 "Holiday Special: Eight nights of Exoplanet Light". Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System. NASA. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
    9. ↑ "Details on Acronym: HIP". SIMBAD . Retrieved 2025-01-08.
    10. ↑ "List of ExoWorlds 2022". nameexoworlds.iau.org. IAU. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
    11. ↑ "The Extrasolar Planet Encyclopaedia — HIP 65426 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia . Paris Observatory.
    12. ↑ "Odd planetary system around fast-spinning star doesn't quite fit existing models of planet formation". phys.org. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
    13. ↑ Johnson-Groh, Mara; July 12, 2017 (12 July 2017). "New exoplanet challenges formation models". Astronomy.com. Retrieved 2019-08-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
    14. ↑ Fisher, Alise (2022-09-01). "NASA's Webb Takes Its First-Ever Direct Image of Distant World". NASA Blogs. NASA . Retrieved 2022-09-01.
    15. ↑ Petrus, S.; Bonnefoy, M.; Chauvin, G.; Charnay, B.; Marleau, G.-D.; Gratton, R.; Lagrange, A.-M.; Rameau, J.; Mordasini, C.; Nowak, M.; Delorme, P.; Boccaletti, A.; Carlotti, A.; Houllé, M.; Vigan, A.; Allard, F.; Desidera, S.; d'Orazi, V.; Hoeijmakers, H. J.; Wyttenbach, A.; Lavie, B. (2021), "Medium-resolution spectrum of the exoplanet HIP 65426 B", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 648: A59, arXiv: 2012.02798 , Bibcode:2021A&A...648A..59P, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202038914, S2CID   227347064
    16. ↑ Wang 王, Ji 吉 (2023-11-01). "Spectral Retrieval with JWST Photometric data: a Case Study for HIP 65426 b". The Astronomical Journal. 166 (5): 203. arXiv: 2310.00089 . Bibcode:2023AJ....166..203W. doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/acfca0 . ISSN   0004-6256.
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