HAT-P-23 is a G-type main-sequence star 1192 light-years away. It has a rapid rotation (rotation period equal to 7 days) for its advanced age of 4 billion years, and exhibits a strong starspot activity.[6] The star may be in the process of being spun up by the giant planet on close orbit.[7] The star is enriched in heavy elements, having about 140% amount of metals compared to solar abundance.
Naming
In 2019, the HAT-P-23 star has received a proper name Moriah and planet HAT-P-23b - Jebus at an international NameExoWorlds contest.[8] These names mean the ancient name of the mount at the center of Jerusalem city, and ancient (pre-Roman) name of Jerusalem itself, respectively.
Planetary system
In 2010 a transiting hot Jupiter like planet was detected.[4] It has a measured dayside temperature of 2154±90 K.[9] The planet is believed to be on an unstable orbit, and expected to be engulfed by its parent star about 7.5+2.9 −1.8 million years from now,[4] although timing measurements of multiple transits since the discovery have been unable to detect any reduction in the orbital period.[5][10] The planetary orbit is probably aligned with the equatorial plane of the star, misalignment equal to 15±22°.[11] The color of planetary atmosphere is grey.[12] The atmosphere is mostly devoid of clouds, and shows tentatively a presence of Titanium(II) oxide.[13]
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^Maciejewski, G.; Fernández, M.; Aceituno, F.; Martín-Ruiz, S.; Ohlert, J.; Dimitrov, D.; Szyszka, K.; von Essen, C.; Mugrauer, M.; Bischoff, R.; Michel, K. -U.; Mallonn, M.; Stangret, M.; Moździerski, D. (2018), "Planet-star interactions with precise transit timing. I. The refined orbital decay rate for WASP-12 b and initial constraints for HAT-P-23 b, KELT-1 b, KELT-16 b, WASP-33 b, and WASP-103 b", Acta Astronomica, 68 (4): 371, arXiv:1812.02438, Bibcode:2018AcA....68..371M, doi:10.32023/0001-5237/68.4.4, S2CID118895482
^ abCiceri, S.; Mancini, L.; Southworth, J.; Bruni, I.; Nikolov, N.; d'Ago, G.; Schröder, T.; Bozza, V.; Tregloan-Reed, J.; Henning, Th. (2015), "Physical properties of the HAT-P-23 and WASP-48 planetary systems from multi-colour photometry", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 577: A54, arXiv:1503.00762, Bibcode:2015A&A...577A..54C, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425449, S2CID53607610
^Weaver, Ian C.; López-Morales, Mercedes; Alam, Munazza K.; Espinoza, Néstor; Rackham, Benjamin V.; Goyal, Jayesh M.; MacDonald, Ryan J.; Lewis, Nikole K.; Apai, Dániel; Bixel, Alex; Jordán, Andrés; Kirk, James; McGruder, Chima; Osip, David J. (2021), "ACCESS: An Optical Transmission Spectrum of the High-gravity Hot Jupiter HAT-P-23b", The Astronomical Journal, 161 (6): 278, arXiv:2104.04101, Bibcode:2021AJ....161..278W, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/abf652, S2CID233204299
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