WASP-121

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WASP-121 / Dilmun
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0       Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Puppis [1]
Right ascension 07h 10m 24.06046s [2]
Declination −39° 05′ 50.5712″ [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)10.4
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence [2]
Spectral type F6V [3] [4]
Apparent magnitude  (B)11.00 [5]
Apparent magnitude  (V)10.51 [5]
Apparent magnitude  (J)9.625 [5]
Apparent magnitude  (H)9.439 [5]
Apparent magnitude  (K)9.374 [5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)38.25±0.22 [2] km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −3.735 mas/yr [2]
Dec.: 25.663 mas/yr [2]
Parallax (π)3.7996±0.0104  mas [2]
Distance 858 ± 2  ly
(263.2 ± 0.7  pc)
Details [6]
Mass 1.330±0.019  M☉
Radius 1.461±0.015  R☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.251±0.003  cgs
Temperature 6,628±66  K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.17±0.05  dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)11.90±0.31 [7]  km/s
Age 1.11±0.14  Gyr
Other designations
Dilmun, CD−38 3220, TOI-495, WASP-121, TYC 7630-352-1, 2MASS J07102406-3905506 [5]
Database references
SIMBAD data

WASP-121, also known as CD-38 3220 and formally named Dilmun, [8] is a magnitude 10.4 star located approximately 858 light-years (263 parsecs ) away in the constellation Puppis. [1] WASP-121 has a mass and radius similar to the Sun's. It hosts one known exoplanet.

Contents

The star, although metal-rich in terms of overall contents of heavy elements, is depleted of carbon. The carbon to oxygen molar ratio of 0.23±0.05 for WASP-121 is well below the solar ratio of 0.55. [9]

Nomenclature

The designation WASP-121 indicates that this was the 121st star found to have a planet by the Wide Angle Search for Planets.

In August 2022, this planetary system was included among 20 systems to be named by the third NameExoWorlds project. [10] The approved names, proposed by a team from Bahrain, were announced in June 2023. WASP-121 is named Dilmun after the ancient civilization, and its planet is named Tylos after the ancient Greek name for Bahrain. [11]

Planetary system

In 2015, the exoplanet WASP-121b was discovered orbiting WASP-121 by the transit method. [3] [12] WASP-121b is a hot Jupiter with a mass about 1.18 times that of Jupiter and a radius about 1.81 times that of Jupiter. [4] [13] The exoplanet orbits WASP-121, its host star, every 1.27 days. [4] [13] Hot water molecules have been found in the stratosphere of WASP-121b (i.e., the atmospheric layer in which temperatures increase as the altitude increases). [3] [13] [14] [15]

The WASP-121 planetary system [6]
Companion
(in order from star)		 Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)		 Orbital period
(days)		 Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b / Tylos 1.170±0.043  MJ 0.02571±0.000101.275 [3] 0.0 [3] 87.6 [3] ° 1.742±0.006  RJ

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation from a position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 99 (617): 695. Bibcode:1987PASP...99..695R. doi: 10.1086/132034 . Constellation record for this object at VizieR.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv: 2208.00211 . Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243940 . S2CID   244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Staff (2015). "Planet WASP-121 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia . Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 Staff (2017). "WASP Planets". wasp-planets.net. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "WASP-121". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  6. 1 2 Sing, David K.; Evans-Soma, Thomas M.; Rustamkulov, Zafar; Lothringer, Joshua D.; Mayne, Nathan J.; Schlaufman, Kevin C. (November 2024). "An Absolute Mass, Precise Age, and Hints of Planetary Winds for WASP-121A and b from a JWST NIRSpec Phase Curve". The Astronomical Journal. 168 (6): 231. arXiv: 2501.03844 . Bibcode:2024AJ....168..231S. doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/ad7fe7 . ISSN   1538-3881.
  7. ↑ Borsa, F.; Allart, R.; Casasayas-Barris, N.; Tabernero, H.; Zapatero Osorio, M. R.; Cristiani, S.; Pepe, F.; Rebolo, R.; Santos, N. C.; Adibekyan, V.; Bourrier, V.; Demangeon, O. D. S.; Ehrenreich, D.; Pallé, E.; Sousa, S.; Lillo-Box, J.; Lovis, C.; Micela, G.; Oshagh, M.; Poretti, E.; Sozzetti, A.; Allende Prieto, C.; Alibert, Y.; Amate, M.; Benz, W.; Bouchy, F.; Cabral, A.; Dekker, H.; D'Odorico, V.; et al. (2021), "Atmospheric Rossiter–Mc Laughlin effect and transmission spectroscopy of WASP-121b with ESPRESSO", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 645: A24, arXiv: 2011.01245 , Bibcode:2021A&A...645A..24B, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039344, S2CID   226237425
  8. ↑ "2022 Approved Names". NameExoworlds. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  9. ↑ Polanski, Alex S.; Crossfield, Ian J. M.; Howard, Andrew W.; Isaacson, Howard; Rice, Malena (2022), "Chemical Abundances for 25 JWST Exoplanet Host Stars with KeckSpec", Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, 6 (8): 155, arXiv: 2207.13662 , Bibcode:2022RNAAS...6..155P, doi: 10.3847/2515-5172/ac8676
  10. ↑ "List of ExoWorlds 2022". nameexoworlds.iau.org. IAU. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "2022 Approved Names". nameexoworlds.iau.org. IAU . Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  12. ↑ Delrez, L.; Santerne, A.; Almenara, J.-M.; Anderson, D. R.; Collier-Cameron, A.; Díaz, R. F.; Gillon, M.; Hellier, C.; Jehin, E.; Lendl, M.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Neveu-Vanmalle, M.; Pepe, F.; Pollacco, D.; Queloz, D.; Ségransan, D.; Smalley, B.; Smith, A. M. S.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Udry, S.; Van Grootel, V.; West, R. G. (2015), "WASP-121 b: A hot Jupiter close to tidal disruption transiting an active F star", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458 (4): 4025–4043, arXiv: 1506.02471 , doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw522
  13. 1 2 3 Landau, Elizabeth; Villard, Ray (2 August 2017). "Hubble Detects Exoplanet with Glowing Water Atmosphere". NASA . Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  14. ↑ Evans, Thomas M.; et al. (2 August 2017). "An ultrahot gas-giant exoplanet with a stratosphere". Nature . 548 (7665): 58–61. arXiv: 1708.01076 . Bibcode:2017Natur.548...58E. doi:10.1038/nature23266. PMID   28770846. S2CID   205258293.
  15. ↑ Mikal-Evans, Thomas; Sing, David K.; Kataria, Tiffany; Wakeford, Hannah R.; Mayne, Nathan J.; Lewis, Nikole K.; Barstow, Joanna K.; Spake, Jessica J. (2020). "Confirmation of water emission in the dayside spectrum of the ultrahot Jupiter WASP-121b". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 496 (2): 1638–1644. arXiv: 2005.09631 . doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa1628 . S2CID   218684532.
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