OGLE-TR-122

OGLE-TR-122 is a binary stellar system containing one of the smallest main-sequence stars whose radius has been measured. It was discovered when the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) survey observed the smaller star eclipsing the larger primary. The orbital period is approximately 7.3 days. The system's primary is thought to resemble the Sun.[2]

OGLE-TR-122

The Earth-Moon orbit, Saturn, OGLE-TR-122b, Jupiter, and other objects, to scale.
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Carina
Right ascension  11h 06m 51.99s[1]
Declination −60° 51′ 45.7″[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type ? (primary)/M (b)[2]
Apparent magnitude (I) 15.61 (system)[1]
Variable type Eclipsing binary
Orbit[2]
Period (P)7.26867 d
Eccentricity (e)0.205 ± 0.008
Inclination (i)88–90°
Periastron epoch (T)JD 2452342.41 ± 0.02
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		99.2 ± 0.8°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)		9.642 ± 0.088 km/s
Details[2]
OGLE-TR-122A
Mass0.98 ± 0.14 M☉
Radius1.05+0.20
−0.09 R☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.9 ± 0.5 cgs
Temperature5700 ± 300 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.15 ± 0.36 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)5.7 ± 0.6 km/s
OGLE-TR-122B
Mass0.092 ± 0.009 M☉
Radius0.120+0.024
−0.013 R☉
Other designations
V817 Car
Database references
SIMBADdata

The smaller star, OGLE-TR-122B, is estimated to have a radius around 0.12 solar radii, or around 20% larger than Jupiter's, and a mass of around 0.1 solar masses, or approximately 100 times Jupiter's. This makes its average density approximately 50 times the Sun's[2][3] or over 80 times the density of water. OGLE-TR-122b's mass is close to the lowest possible mass for a hydrogen-fusing star, estimated to be around 0.07 or 0.08 solar masses.[4] The observed transit provides the first direct evidence for a star with a radius comparable to Jupiter's.[2]

  • Brightness «Dip» and Velocity Variations of OGLE-TR-122.

See also

References
  1. The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Additional Planetary and Low-Luminosity Object Transits from the OGLE 2001 and 2002 Observational Campaigns, A. Udalski, G. Pietrzynski, M. Szymanski, M. Kubiak, K. Zebrun, I. Soszynski, O. Szewczyk, and L. Wyrzykowski, Acta Astronomica 53 (June 2003), pp. 133–149.
  2. Pont, F.; Melo, C. H. F.; Bouchy, F.; Udry, S.; Queloz, D.; Mayor, M.; Santos, N. C. (2005). "A planet-sized transiting star around OGLE-TR-122". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 433 (2): L21. arXiv:astro-ph/0501611. Bibcode:2005A&A...433L..21P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200500025.
  3. Newfound Star Smaller than Some Planets, Robert Roy Britt, space.com, accessed on line May 16, 2007.
  4. Chabrier, Gilles; Baraffe, Isabelle (2000). "Theory of Low-Mass Stars and Substellar Objects". Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 38: 337. arXiv:astro-ph/0006383. Bibcode:2000ARA&A..38..337C. doi:10.1146/annurev.astro.38.1.337.
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