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DP Leonis B

DP Leonis (abbreviated DP Leo) is a binary star system in the equatorial constellation of Leo. It is a variable star that ranges in apparent visual magnitude from 17.5 down to 19. The system is located at a distance of approximately 990 light-years from the Sun based on parallax. It is a cataclysmic variable star of the AM Herculis-type also known as polars. The system comprises an eclipsing white dwarf and red dwarf in tight orbit (nearly 1.5 hours) and an extrasolar planet. This eclipsing variable was discovered by P. Biermann and associates in 1982 as the optical counterpart to the EINSTEIN X-ray source E1114+182.

Planetary system

In 2010, Qian et al. announced the detection of a third body of planetary mass around the eclipsing binary system. The presence of a third body had already been suspected in 2002. The object is roughly 6 times more massive than Jupiter and is located 8.6 AU from the binary.

The DP Leonis planetary system
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(years)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b ≥6.1 ± 0.5 MJ 8.2 ± 0.4 28.0 ± 2.0 0.39 ± 0.13

See also

References

  1. ^ Beuermann, K.; Dreizler, S.; Hessman, F. V.; Schwope, A. D. (February 2014). "Evidence for an oscillation of the magnetic axis of the white dwarf in the polar DP Leonis". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 562: A63. arXiv:1401.1638. Bibcode:2014A&A...562A..63B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201323192. S2CID 118631556.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Samus, N. N.; et al. (2017). "General Catalogue of Variable Stars". Astronomy Reports. 5.1. 61 (1): 80–88. Bibcode:2017ARep...61...80S. doi:10.1134/S1063772917010085. S2CID 125853869. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  4. ^ Duflot, M.; et al. (December 1995). "Radial velocities: The Wilson-Evans-Batten catalogue". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement. 114: 269. Bibcode:1995A&AS..114..269D.
  5. ^ Beuermann, K.; et al. (February 2011). "The giant planet orbiting the cataclysmic binary DP Leonis". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 526: 5. arXiv:1011.3905. Bibcode:2011A&A...526A..53B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015942. S2CID 119184531. A53.
  6. ^ Schwope, A. D.; et al. (2002). "A multiwavelength timing analysis of the eclipsing polar DP Leo". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 392 (2): 541–551. arXiv:astro-ph/0111457. Bibcode:2002A&A...392..541S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20011651. S2CID 17284811.
  7. ^ "DP Leo". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  8. ^ Qian, S.-B.; et al. (2010). "Detection of a Giant Extrasolar Planet Orbiting the Eclipsing Polar DP Leo". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 708 (1): L66–L68. Bibcode:2010ApJ...708L..66Q. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/708/1/L66.
  9. ^ Biermann, P.; et al. (June 1985). "The new eclipsing magnetic binary system E 1114+182". Astrophysical Journal. 293: 303–320. Bibcode:1985ApJ...293..303B. doi:10.1086/163238.