Qatar-1 has an average to high metallicity of 160% of solar,[1] and is of similar age to Sun.[2] The star has significant starspot activity.[4]
Planetary system
The "Hot Jupiter" class planet Qatar-1b was discovered by the Qatar Exoplanet Survey in 2010.[1] The planetary orbit is likely aligned with the rotational axis of the star, with the misalignment measurement based on the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect equal to −8.4±7.1 degrees.[2] The planet has a large measured temperature difference between dayside (1696±39 K) and nightside (1098±158 K).[5] A spectroscopic study in 2017 does suggest that Qatar-1b has relatively clear skies with a few clouds.[6]
Additional planets or a brown dwarf in the system were suspected in 2013,[7] but were refuted in 2015.[8][9]
The transit-timing variation search in 2020 has also resulted in no detection of additional planets in the system,[10][11] although by 2022 additional transit-timing variation data have suggested the planetary system is accelerating under influence of the unseen long-period companion.[12]
^ abThakur, Parijat; Mannaday, Vineet Kumar; Sahu, Devendra Kumar; Chand, Swadesh; Jiang, Ing-Guey (2020), "Investigating Extra-solar Planetary System Qatar-1 through Transit Observations", Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège: 132–136, arXiv:2007.03753, doi:10.25518/0037-9565.7577, S2CID54660279
^ abSu, Li-Hsin; Jiang, Ing-Guey; Sariya, Devesh P.; Lee, Chiao-Yu; Yeh, Li-Chin; Mannaday, Vineet Kumar; Thakur, Parijat; Sahu, D. K.; Chand, Swadesh; Shlyapnikov, A. A.; Moskvin, V. V.; Ignatov, Vladimir; Mkrtichian, David; Griv, Evgeny (2021), "Are There Transit Timing Variations for the Exoplanet Qatar-1b?", The Astronomical Journal, 161 (3): 108, arXiv:2012.08184, Bibcode:2021AJ....161..108S, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/abd4d8, S2CID229181287
^Mannaday, Vineet Kumar; Thakur, Parijat; Southworth, John; Jiang, Ing-Guey; Sahu, D. K.; Mancini, L.; Vaňko, M.; Kundra, Emil; Gajdoš, Pavol; a-Thano, Napaporn; Sariya, Devesh P.; Yeh, Li-Chin; Griv, Evgeny; Mkrtichian, David; Shlyapnikov, Aleksey (2022), "Revisiting the Transit Timing Variations in the TrES-3 and Qatar-1 Systems with TESS Data", The Astronomical Journal, 164 (5): 198, arXiv:2209.04080, Bibcode:2022AJ....164..198M, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac91c2, S2CID252185524