HAT-P-41 is a binary star system. Its primary is a F-type main-sequence star. Its surface temperature is 6390±100 K.[4] compared to the Sun, HAT-P-41 is enriched in heavy elements, with a metallicity Fe/H index of 0.21±0.10, but is much younger at an age of 2.2±0.4 billion years.[4]
The candidate stellar companion was detected simultaneously with the planet discovery in 2012.[5] A multiplicity survey in 2015 did confirm a dim stellar companion of later-K to early-M spectral class, with the probability of being a background star of 14%.[2] By 2020, it was concluded the candidate companion star is probably gravitationally bound.[6]
Planetary system
In 2012, one planet, named HAT-P-41b, was discovered on a tight, circular orbit around the primary star.[5]
The planetary orbit is mildly misaligned with the equatorial plane of the star, misalignment angle equal to −22.1+0.8 −6.0 degrees.[7]
The transmission spectrum of HAT-P-41b taken in 2020 has resulted in contradictory interpretations. One team has concluded the planetary atmosphere is metal-rich, with clear water signatures and absorption bands from sodium, aluminum, titanium and vanadium compounds.[8] Another team has interpreted the results as arising from a dense hydrogen atmosphere without detectable heavy elements, but with significant ionization.[9] The atmosphere also appears to contain significant cloud and hazes.[10] Neither heavy element compounds nor H− ion opacity were found in 2022 study.[11]
The planetary equilibrium temperature is within 1700-1950 K,[9] and the dayside temperature has been measured at 1622±125 K.[12]
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^Fu, Guangwei; Sing, David K.; Deming, Drake; Sheppard, Kyle; Wakeford, H. R.; Mikal-Evans, Thomas; Alam, Munazza K.; Dos Santos, Leonardo A.; López-Morales, Mercedes; Lothringer, Joshua D. (2022), "The Hubble PanCET Program: Emission Spectrum of Hot Jupiter HAT-P-41b", The Astronomical Journal, 163 (4): 190, arXiv:2202.12314, Bibcode:2022AJ....163..190F, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac58fc, S2CID247154998
^Garhart, Emily; Deming, Drake; Mandell, Avi; Knutson, Heather A.; Wallack, Nicole; Burrows, Adam; Fortney, Jonathan J.; Hood, Callie; Seay, Christopher; Sing, David K.; Benneke, Björn; Fraine, Jonathan D.; Kataria, Tiffany; Lewis, Nikole; Madhusudhan, Nikku; McCullough, Peter; Stevenson, Kevin B.; Wakeford, Hannah (2020), "Statistical Characterization of Hot Jupiter Atmospheres Using Spitzer's Secondary Eclipses", The Astronomical Journal, 159 (4): 137, arXiv:1901.07040, Bibcode:2020AJ....159..137G, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab6cff, S2CID119209434