WASP-52 is a K-type main-sequence star about 570 light-years away. It is older than the Sun at 10.7+1.9 −4.5 billion years, but it has a similar fraction of heavy elements.[3]
The star has prominent starspot activity, with 3% to 14% of the stellar surface covered by areas 575±150 K cooler than the rest of the photosphere.[6]
A multiplicity survey in 2015 did not detect any stellar companions.[7] The star was named Anadolu in 2019 by Turkish astronomers as part of the NameExoWorlds contest.[8]
Planetary system
In 2012 a transitinghot Jupiter planet, WASP-52b, was detected in a tight, circular orbit.[4] The planet was named Göktürk by Turkish astronomers in December 2019.[8] The planet has a small measured temperature difference between dayside (1481±34 K) and nightside (1224±77 K).[9] Planetary orbit is well aligned with the equatorial plane of the star, the misalignment being 5.47+4.61 −4.21°.[5]
Search for transit timing variation did not result in detection of additional planets in system as in 2021.[10]
A transmission spectrum taken in 2020 has revealed the presence of hydrogen, sodium and potassium,[11] although the sodium and potassium lines may be attributable to volcanically active moons of the gas giant, not the planet itself.[12] The atmosphere has no high winds and relatively low-lying clouds, indicating it is not significantly enriched by heavy elements.[13] No signs of the planetary atmosphere escaping to space were detected in 2020,[14] but updated measurement in 2022 showed signs of helium escape, consistent with mass loss rate of 0.5% per billion years.[15]
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^ abcHébrard, G.; Collier Cameron, A.; Brown, D. J. A.; Díaz, R. F.; Faedi, F.; Smalley, B.; Anderson, D. R.; Armstrong, D.; Barros, S. C. C.; Bento, J.; Bouchy, F.; Doyle, A. P.; Enoch, B.; Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Hébrard, É. M.; Hellier, C.; Lendl, M.; Lister, T. A.; Maxted, P. F. L.; McCormac, J.; Moutou, C.; Pollacco, D.; Queloz, D.; Santerne, A.; Skillen, I.; Southworth, J.; Tregloan-Reed, J.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Udry, S.; et al. (2012), "WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b: four new transiting close-in giant planets", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549: A134, arXiv:1211.0810, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220363, S2CID54502046
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