HAT-P-4

HAT-P-4
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Boötes
Right ascension 15h 19m 57.9275s[1]
Declination +36° 13′ 46.785″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 11.0[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type G[1]
B−V color index 0.771
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: -14.1 ± 3.7[1] mas/yr
Dec.: -20.1 ± 2.1[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π) 0.2 mas
Distance 1010.6 ± 97.8 ly
(310 ± 30 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV) 11.7
Details
Mass ~ 1.26 M
Radius 1.59 ± 0.07 R
Surface gravity (log g) ~13,92 g
Luminosity 0.41 L
Temperature 5860 ± 80 K
Metallicity 24 ± 8 %
Age ~4.2 G years
Equatorial [ g ] ~136,5 m/s2
Other designations
BD+36°2593, SAO 64638, AG+36° 1339, GSC 02569-01599, PPM 78511, TYC 2569-1599-1
Database references
SIMBAD data
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia
data
Data sources:
Hipparcos Catalogue,
CCDM (2002),
Bright Star Catalogue (5th rev. ed.)

HAT-P-4 is a yellow dwarf star in the constellation of Boötes.[1] It is also designated BD+36°2593.

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Planetary System

This star is home to the transiting extrasolar planet HAT-P-4b.[2]

The HAT-P-4 system
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity
b 0.68 ± 0.04 MJ 0.0446 ± 0.0012 3.056536 ± 0.000057 0

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "SIMBAD query result: NAME HAT-P-4 -- Star". Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=BD%2B36+2593. Retrieved 2009-04-24. 
  2. ^ Kovács et al.; Bakos, G. Á.; Torres, G.; Sozzetti, A.; Latham, D. W.; Noyes, R. W.; Butler, R. P.; Marcy, G. W. et al. (2007). "HAT-P-4b: A Metal-rich Low-Density Transiting Hot Jupiter". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 670 (1): L41–L44. Bibcode 2007ApJ...670L..41K. doi:10.1086/524058. http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-4357/670/1/L41/22113.html. 

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Coordinates: 15h 19m 58s, +36° 13′ 47″