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'''WASP-62''' was named Naledi in 2019.<ref name="Methodology"/>
'''WASP-62''' was named Naledi in 2019.<ref name="Methodology"/>
==Planetary system==
==Planetary system==
The [[Astronomical transit|transiting]] [[hot Jupiter]] [[exoplanet]] orbiting WASP-62 was discovered by [[Wide Angle Search for Planets|WASP]] in 2012.<ref name=Hellier2012>{{citation|arxiv=1204.5095|title=Seven transiting hot-Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-47b, WASP-55b, WASP-61b, WASP-62b, WASP-63b, WASP-66b & WASP-67b|year=2012}}</ref> The planet equilibrium temperature is 1440{{±|30}} but measured average temperature is colder at 1329.6{{±|44.8}} [[Kelvin|K]].<ref name=Kilpatrick2016/>. In 2020, transmission spectrum has indicated the atmosphere of WASP-62b is free of clouds. It contains sodium and possibly silicon hydrides.<ref>{{citation|arxiv=2011.06424|title=Evidence of a Clear Atmosphere for WASP-62b: the Only Known Transiting Gas Giant in the JWST Continuous Viewing Zone|year=2020}}</ref>
A [[Astronomical transit|transiting]] [[hot Jupiter]] [[exoplanet]] orbiting WASP-62 was discovered by [[Wide Angle Search for Planets|WASP]] in 2012.<ref name=Hellier2012>{{citation|arxiv=1204.5095|title=Seven transiting hot-Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-47b, WASP-55b, WASP-61b, WASP-62b, WASP-63b, WASP-66b & WASP-67b|year=2012}}</ref> The planet's equilibrium temperature is 1440{{±|30}} [[Kelvin|K]], but the measured average temperature is colder at 1329.6{{±|44.8}} K.<ref name=Kilpatrick2016/>. In 2020, a transmission spectrum indicated the atmosphere of WASP-62b is free of clouds. It contains sodium and possibly silicon hydrides.<ref>{{citation|arxiv=2011.06424|title=Evidence of a Clear Atmosphere for WASP-62b: the Only Known Transiting Gas Giant in the JWST Continuous Viewing Zone|year=2020}}</ref>


The planetary orbit is slightly misaligned to the equatorial plane of the star, misalignment angle equals to 19.4{{±|5.1|4.9}}°.<ref name=Brown2016>{{citation|arxiv=1610.00600|title=Rossiter–McLaughlin models and their effect on estimates of stellar rotation, illustrated using six WASP systems|year=2016}}</ref>
The planetary orbit is slightly misaligned to the equatorial plane of the star, misalignment angle equals to 19.4{{±|5.1|4.9}}°.<ref name=Brown2016>{{citation|arxiv=1610.00600|title=Rossiter–McLaughlin models and their effect on estimates of stellar rotation, illustrated using six WASP systems|year=2016}}</ref>

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WASP-62
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Dorado
Right ascension 05h 48m 33.5938s[1]
Declination −63° 59′ 18.3868″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 10.21
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main-sequence star
Spectral type F
Apparent magnitude (B) 10.73 [1]
Apparent magnitude (G) 10.0721 [1]
Apparent magnitude (R) 9.93 [1]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)15.47 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -15.641[2] mas/yr
Dec.: 26.046[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.6649 ± 0.0189 mas[2]
Distance576 ± 2 ly
(176.5 ± 0.6 pc)
Details[3]
Mass1.250±0.05 M
Radius1.280±0.05 R
Surface gravity (log g)4.45±0.1 cgs
Temperature6230±80 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.04±0.06 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)8.7±0.4 km/s
Age0.8±0.6[4] Gyr
Other designations
Naledi, CPD−64 484, Gaia DR2 4756649415309914240, TOI-102, TYC 8900-874-1, GSC 08900-00874, 2MASS J05483359-6359183[1]
Database references
SIMBAD484 data

WASP-62 is a single star about 575 light-years away. It is a F class main-sequence star, orbited by a planet WASP-62b. The age of WASP-62 is much younger than the Sun at 0.8±0.6 billion years,[4] and it has a metal abundance similar to the Sun.

WASP-62 was named Naledi in 2019.[5]

Planetary system

A transiting hot Jupiter exoplanet orbiting WASP-62 was discovered by WASP in 2012.[6] The planet's equilibrium temperature is 1440±30 K, but the measured average temperature is colder at 1329.6±44.8 K.[3]. In 2020, a transmission spectrum indicated the atmosphere of WASP-62b is free of clouds. It contains sodium and possibly silicon hydrides.[7]

The planetary orbit is slightly misaligned to the equatorial plane of the star, misalignment angle equals to 19.4+5.1
−4.9
°.[4]

WASP-62b was named "Krotoa" in 2019 by amateur astronomers from South Africa as part of the NameExoWorlds contest.[5]

The WASP-62 planetary system[3]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b 0.562±0.042 MJ 0.0567±0.0007[6] 4.4119530±0.000003 <0.21[6] 88.3+0.9
−0.6
°
1.390±0.060 RJ

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "CPD-64 484". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
  2. ^ a b c Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. ^ a b c Spitzer secondary eclipse depths with multiple intrapixel sensitivity correction methods observations of WASP-13b, WASP-15b, WASP-16b, WASP-62b, and HAT-P-22b, 2016, arXiv:1611.08708
  4. ^ a b c Rossiter–McLaughlin models and their effect on estimates of stellar rotation, illustrated using six WASP systems, 2016, arXiv:1610.00600
  5. ^ a b "International Astronomical Union Approves Names For New Stars And Exoplanets". Space in Africa. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  6. ^ a b c Seven transiting hot-Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-47b, WASP-55b, WASP-61b, WASP-62b, WASP-63b, WASP-66b & WASP-67b, 2012, arXiv:1204.5095
  7. ^ Evidence of a Clear Atmosphere for WASP-62b: the Only Known Transiting Gas Giant in the JWST Continuous Viewing Zone, 2020, arXiv:2011.06424