Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | THYME (Rizzuto et al.) |
Discovery date | 2020 |
Primary Transit | |
Designations | |
HD 120411 b, Gaia DR2 6113920619134019456 b, TYC 7794-2268-1 b [2] | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Eccentricity | 0.059+0.193 −0.046 [3] |
6.959503±0.000016 d [3] | |
Inclination | 89.34°+0.45° −0.54° (to plane of sky) [1] 5.8+2.8 −5.7 ° (to host star's equator, projected) [4] |
343.0+92.0 −140.0 ° [3] | |
Star | HIP 67522 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 0.8984±0.0419 RJ [3] |
Mass | <5 MJ [4] |
Mean density | 0.455+0.052 −0.049 times that of the Sun [1] |
Temperature | 1174±21 K [3] |
HIP 67522 b is a hot Jupiter exoplanet orbiting the G-type star [5] HIP 67522, located approximately 415 light-years from Earth [5] in the constellation Centaurus, discovered using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). It is currently the youngest hot Jupiter discovered, at an age of only 17 million years; [1] it is also one of the youngest transiting planets of any type, and one of only four others less than 100 million years old (along with AU Mic b, V1298 Tau c, DS Tuc Ab and TOI-942 b) to have the angle between its orbit and its host star's rotation measured, at 5.8+2.8
−5.7 degrees. [4] This planet, in turn, may help in knowing how other hot Jupiters form.
Due to its young age, it has not reached its final size, due to the Kelvin–Helmholtz mechanism, [4] which occurs as a result of the planet itself cooling, causing its internal pressure to drop, which will in turn cause the planet to shrink. Its final size will depend on the composition of its core. [6]
There is also evidence that another planet might also be present in the planetary system. [1]
The Scorpius–Centaurus association is the nearest OB association to the Sun. This stellar association is composed of three subgroups and its distance is about 130 parsecs or 420 light-years. Using improved Hipparcos data, Rizzuto and colleagues analysed nearby stars more closely, bringing the number of known members to 436. They doubt the need to add a subclassification because they found a more continuous spread of stars.
The Hungarian Automated Telescope Network (HATNet) project is a network of six small fully automated "HAT" telescopes. The scientific goal of the project is to detect and characterize extrasolar planets using the transit method. This network is used also to find and follow bright variable stars. The network is maintained by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is a space telescope for NASA's Explorer program, designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method in an area 400 times larger than that covered by the Kepler mission. It was launched on 18 April 2018, atop a Falcon 9 launch vehicle and was placed into a highly elliptical 13.70-day orbit around the Earth. The first light image from TESS was taken on 7 August 2018, and released publicly on 17 September 2018.
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TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME) is an exoplanet search project. The researchers of the THYME collaboration are mainly from the United States and search for young exoplanets using data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The new discoveries should help to understand the early evolution of exoplanets. As of September 2022 the collaboration produced 7 papers announcing the discovery of exoplanets.
TOI-1227 b is one of the youngest transiting exoplanets discovered, alongside K2-33b and HIP 67522 b. The exoplanet TOI-1227 b is about 11±2 Myrs old and currently 9.5 REarth large. It will become a 3-5 REarth planet in about 1 billion years, because the planet is still contracting. TOI-1227 b orbits a very low-mass star every 27.36 days.