HD 118203 B
The planet HD 118203 b is named Staburags. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Latvia, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Staburags is the name of a character from the Latvian poem Staburags un Liesma, and denotes a rock with symbolic meaning in literature and history.
HD 118203 b was discovered in August 2005 in Haute-Provence Observatory in France by Da Silva who used the doppler spectroscopy to look for shifts in the star's spectrum caused by the planet's gravity as the planet orbits the star.
In 2019 the transits of the planet were detected with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. The host star is one of the brightest stars for transiting planets and HD 118203 b is therefore a good target for follow-up observations.
References
- ^ da Silva, R.; et al. (2006). "Elodie metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters I. Two Hot Jupiters orbiting the slightly evolved stars HD118203 and HD149143". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 446 (2): 717–722. arXiv:astro-ph/0510048. Bibcode:2006A&A...446..717D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20054116. S2CID 18907493.
- ^ Pepper, Joshua; Kane, Stephen R.; Rodriguez, Joseph E.; Hinkel, Natalie R.; Eastman, Jason D.; Daylan, Tansu; Mocnik, Teo; Dalba, Paul A.; Fetherolf, Tara; Stassun, Keivan G.; Campante, Tiago L. (2020). "TESS Reveals HD 118203 b to be a Transiting Planet". The Astronomical Journal. 159 (6): 243. arXiv:1911.05150. Bibcode:2020AJ....159..243P. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab84f2. S2CID 207930540.
- ^ "Approved names". NameExoworlds. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ "International Astronomical Union | IAU". www.iau.org. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
External links
- "HD 118203". Exoplanets. Archived from the original on 2009-11-25. Retrieved 2008-10-31.