HD 202772 Ab
Discovery | |
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HD 202772 A | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.545 RJ |
Mass | 1.017 MJ |
Temperature | 2,100 K (1,830 °C; 3,320 °F) |
HD 202772 Ab is a hot Jupiter orbiting the brighter component of the visual binary star
Capricornus at a distance of about 480 light-years from Earth. The discovery was announced on 5 October 2018. HD 202772 Ab orbits its host star once every 3.3 days. It is an inflated hot Jupiter, and a rare example of hot Jupiters around evolved stars. It is also one of the most strongly irradiated planets known, with an equilibrium temperature of 2,100 K (1,830 °C; 3,320 °F).[1]
References
- S2CID 59499230.