Short description: Extrasolar planet in the constellation Aquila
HD 192699 b / Khomsa
Discovery[1]
Discovered by
Johnson et al.
Discovery site
Lick Observatory and Keck Observatory
Discovery date
2007
Detection method
Doppler spectroscopy
Orbital characteristics[2]
Semi-major axis
1.063±0.049 astronomical unit|AU
Eccentricity
0.082±0.041
Orbital period
340.94±0.92 d
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2454079±36 JD
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87±37 º
Semi-amplitude
49.3±2.1 m/s
Star
HD 192699
Physical characteristics[2]
Mass
≥2.096±0.093 Jupiter mass
HD 192699 b, also named Khomsa, is an exoplanet located approximately 214 light-years away[3] in the constellation of Aquila, orbiting the star HD 192699. This planet was discovered in April 2007, massing at least 2.5 times the mass of Jupiter (|♃|J}}}}}}). Despite its orbital distance more than that of Earth, the orbital period is less than a year, because the parent star is more massive than the Sun.[1]
The planet HD 192699 b is named Khomsa. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Tunisia, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Khomsa is a palm-shaped amulet that is popular in Tunisia.[4][5]
The existence of this planet around a 1.68 solar mass (M☉) star provides evidence for the existence of planetary systems around A-type main sequence stars.
See also
HD 175541 b
HD 210702 b
References
↑ 1.01.1Johnson, John Asher et al. (2007). "Retired A Stars and Their Companions: Exoplanets Orbiting Three Intermediate-Mass Subgiants". The Astrophysical Journal665 (1): 785–793. doi:10.1086/519677. Bibcode: 2007ApJ...665..785J.
↑ 2.02.1Luhn, Jacob K. et al. (2019). "Retired A Stars and Their Companions. VIII. 15 New Planetary Signals around Subgiants and Transit Parameters for California Planet Search Planets with Subgiant Hosts". The Astronomical Journal157 (4): 149. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aaf5d0. Bibcode: 2019AJ....157..149L.
↑Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
↑"Approved names" (in en). http://www.nameexoworlds.iau.org/final-results.
↑"International Astronomical Union | IAU". https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1912/.