XO-4
XO-4 is a star located approximately 863 light-years away from Earth in the Lynx constellation. It has a magnitude of about 11 and cannot be seen with the naked eye but is visible through a small telescope. A search for a binary companion star using adaptive optics at MMT Observatory was negative.
The star XO-4 is named Koit. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Estonia, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Koit is Estonian for dawn, and was named for a character in a folk tale written by Friedrich Robert Faehlmann.
Planetary system
One known exoplanet, XO-4b, which is classified as a hot jupiter, orbits XO-4. This exoplanet was discovered in 2008 by the XO Telescope project using the transit method. It has been named Hämarik, meaning dusk, and referring to a character from the same Faehlmann story featuring Koit.
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b / Hämarik | 1.72 ± 0.20 MJ | 0.0552 ± 0.0003 | 4.1250823 ± 0.0000039 | 0(assumed) | — | — |
Notes
- ^ eccentricity approximately equal to zero is expected theoretically and is consistent with the radial velocities and secondary eclipses timing
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ McCullough, P. R.; et al. (2008). "XO-4b: An Extrasolar Planet Transiting an F5V Star". arXiv:0805.2921 [astro-ph].
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- ^ Adams, E. R.; et al. (2013). "Adaptive Optics Images. II. 12 Kepler Objects of Interest and 15 Confirmed Transiting Planets". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (1). 9. arXiv:1305.6548. Bibcode:2013AJ....146....9A. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/1/9. S2CID 119117620.
- ^ "Approved names". NameExoworlds. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ "International Astronomical Union | IAU". www.iau.org. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ "Estonia has been assigned its own star and planet". Estonian World. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
- ^ "Estonia has been assigned its own star and planet". Estonian World. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
- ^ Narita, Norio; et al. (2010). "The Rossiter-McLaughlin Effect of the Transiting Exoplanet XO-4b". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 62 (6): L61–L65. arXiv:1008.3803. Bibcode:2010PASJ...62L..61N. doi:10.1093/pasj/62.6.l61. S2CID 2967944.
- ^ Todorov, Kamen O.; et al. (2012). "Warm Spitzer Observations of Three Hot Exoplanets: XO-4b, HAT-P-6b, and HAT-P-8b". The Astrophysical Journal. 746 (1). 111. arXiv:1111.5858. Bibcode:2012ApJ...746..111T. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/746/1/111. S2CID 119200344.
External links
- "XO-4". Exoplanets. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
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