Qatar Exoplanet Survey

The Qatar Exoplanet Survey, also known as QES, is an international exoplanet search survey based in Qatar. Its main goal is to detect exoplanets using the transit method, which is observing the light curve of the host star.[1]

Qatar Exoplanet Survey
Survey typeExoplanet search survey
Named afterthe country Qatar
Observatory codeH06
Started24, November 2010
Websitehttp://www.qatarexoplanet.org/default.html

History

This survey has a site in New Mexico, which was a collaboration to find small planets in the northern sky.[1] Before it found its own planets, it detected WASP-36b[2] and WASP-37b.[3]

Site

There is a telescope with 5 cameras, which are each 400m, which is also located in New Mexico. It has been operating since 2011 which occasional errors.[1]

Results

- In 2011, QES announced the discovery of Qatar-1b, a hot Jupiter that has similar parameters to Jupiter.[4]

- In 2016, QES discovered 3 massive planets, which are 4-6 times more massive than Jupiter. These planets are Qatar-3b, Qatar-4b, which is the largest, and Qatar-5b.[5]

List

This list is incomplete and needs more information.

Light green indicates it orbits one of stars in a binary system.

Star Constellation Right ascension Declination App.

mag.

Distance

(ly)

Spectral

Type

Planet Mass

(MJ)

Radius

(RJ)

Orbital

(d)

Semimajor

(AU)

Orbital Eccentricity Inclination

(°)

Discovery

year

Qatar-1Draco20h 13m 31.65s+65° 09 44.3912.69609K3V Qatar-1b1.091.161.420.023430 (fixed)83.472010
Qatar-2 Virgo 13h 50m 37.32s −06° 48 14.66 13.30 595 K5V Qatar-2b 2.49 1.144 1.34 0.02149 0 (fixed 88.30 ± 0.94 2011
Qatar-3Andromeda23h 56m 36.47s+36° 12 46.6412.932,400G0VQatar-3b4.311.0962.510.037830 (fixed)86.8 ± 22017
Qatar-4 Andromeda 0h 19m 26.23s 44° 01 39.35 13.57 1,089 K1V Qatar-4b 6.1 1.135 1.81 0.02803 0 (fixed) 87.5 ± 1.6 2017
Qatar-5 Andromeda0h 28m 12.94s+42° 03 40.8412.61G2VQatar-5b4.321.1072.880.041270 (fixed)88.74 ± 0.872017
Qatar-6Boötes14h 48m 50.42s+22° 09 09.4111.5K2VQatar-6b0.671.0623.510.04230 (fixed)86.01 ± 0.142017
Qatar-7Andromeda23h 54m 03.63s+37° 01 18.5713.13F4VQatar-7b1.881.702.030.03520 (fixed)89.0 ± 12019
Qatar-8Ursa Major10h 29m 38.96s+70° 31 37.5011.71924G0VQatar-8b0.371.2853.710.04740 (fixed)89.29 ± 0.72019
Qatar-9Ursa Major10h 42m 59.54s+60° 57 50.8314.02K5VQatar-9b1.191.011.540.02340 (fixed)89.23 ± 0.642019
Qatar-10Draco18h 57m 47.00s+69° 34 15.0012.801343F7VQatar-10b0.7361.5341.6450.04740 (fixed)89.29 ± 0.702019

References

  1. Alsubai, K. A.; Parley, N. R.; Bramich, D. M.; Horne, K.; Cameron, A. Collier; West, R. G.; Sorensen, P. M.; Pollacco, D.; Smith, J. C.; Fors, O. (2014-01-09). "The Qatar Exoplanet Survey". Acta Astronomica. 63 (4): 465. arXiv:1401.1984. Bibcode:2013AcA....63..465A.
  2. Smith, A. M. S.; Anderson, D. R.; Collier Cameron, A.; Gillon, M.; Hellier, C.; Lendl, M.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Queloz, D.; Smalley, B.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; West, R. G. (2012-04-01). "WASP-36b: A New Transiting Planet around a Metal-poor G-dwarf, and an Investigation into Analyses Based on a Single Transit Light Curve". The Astronomical Journal. 143 (4): 81. arXiv:1110.5313. Bibcode:2012AJ....143...81S. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/143/4/81. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 67754202.
  3. Simpson, E. K.; Faedi, F.; Barros, S. C. C.; Brown, D. J. A.; Collier Cameron, A.; Hebb, L.; Pollacco, D.; Smalley, B.; Todd, I.; Butters, O. W.; Hébrard, G. (2011-01-01). "WASP-37b: A 1.8 M J Exoplanet Transiting a Metal-poor Star". The Astronomical Journal. 141 (1): 8. arXiv:1008.3096. Bibcode:2011AJ....141....8S. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/141/1/8. hdl:1885/152023. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 20036137.
  4. Alsubai, K. A.; Parley, N. R.; Bramich, D. M.; West, R. G.; Sorensen, P. M.; Collier Cameron, A.; Latham, D. W.; Horne, K.; Anderson, D. R.; Bakos, G. Á.; Brown, D. J. A. (2011-10-01). "Qatar-1b: a hot Jupiter orbiting a metal-rich K dwarf star". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 417 (1): 709–716. arXiv:1012.3027. Bibcode:2011MNRAS.417..709A. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19316.x. ISSN 0035-8711.
  5. Alsubai, Khalid; Mislis, Dimitris; Tsvetanov, Zlatan I.; Latham, David W.; Bieryla, Allyson; Buchhave, Lars A.; Esquerdo, Gilbert A.; Bramich, D. M.; Pyrzas, Stylianos; Vilchez, Nicolas P. E.; Mancini, Luigi (2017-04-01). "Qatar Exoplanet Survey : Qatar-3b, Qatar-4b, and Qatar-5b" (PDF). The Astronomical Journal. 153 (4): 200. Bibcode:2017AJ....153..200A. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa6340. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 119214858.


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