WASP-84, also known as BD+02 2056, is a G-type main-sequence star 327 light-years (100 parsecs) away in the constellation Hydra. Its surface temperature is 5350±31 K and is slightly enriched in heavy elements compared to the Sun, with a metallicity Fe/H index of 0.05±0.02. It is rich in carbon and depleted of oxygen.[4] WASP-84's age is probably older than the Sun at 8.5+4.1 −5.5 billion years.[3] The star appears to have an anomalously small radius, which can be explained by the unusually high helium fraction or by it being very young.[6]
A multiplicity survey did not detect any stellar companions to WASP-84 as of 2015.[7]
Planetary system
In 2013, one exoplanet, named WASP-84b, was discovered on a tight, circular orbit.[8] The planet is a hot Jupiter that cannot have formed in its current location and likely migrated from elsewhere. The planetary orbit is well aligned with the equatorial plane of the star, misalignment being equal to 0.3±1.7°. Planetary equilibrium temperature is 832±13 K.[2]
In 2023, a second planet was discovered around WASP-84. This appears to be a dense rocky planet despite its high mass, comparable to Uranus.[9]
^ abAnderson, D. R.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Turner, O. D.; Brown, D. J. A.; Clark, B. J. M.; Smalley, B.; Cameron, A. Collier; Doyle, A. P.; Gillon, M.; Hellier, C.; Lovis, C.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Pollacco, D.; Queloz, D.; Smith, A. M. S. (2015), "THE WELL-ALIGNED ORBIT OF WASP-84b: EVIDENCE FOR DISK MIGRATION OF a HOT JUPITER", The Astrophysical Journal, 800 (1): L9, arXiv:1409.6335, Bibcode:2015ApJ...800L...9A, doi:10.1088/2041-8205/800/1/L9, S2CID13606807
^ abcBonomo, A. S.; Desidera, S.; Benatti, S.; Borsa, F.; Crespi, S.; Damasso, M.; Lanza, A. F.; Sozzetti, A.; Lodato, G.; Marzari, F.; Boccato, C.; Claudi, R. U.; Cosentino, R.; Covino, E.; Gratton, R.; Maggio, A.; Micela, G.; Molinari, E.; Pagano, I.; Piotto, G.; Poretti, E.; Smareglia, R.; Affer, L.; Biazzo, K.; Bignamini, A.; Esposito, M.; Giacobbe, P.; Hébrard, G.; Malavolta, L.; et al. (2017), "The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N@TNG XIV. Investigating giant planet migration history via improved eccentricity and mass determination for 231 transiting planets", Astronomy & Astrophysics, A107: 602, arXiv:1704.00373, Bibcode:2017A&A...602A.107B, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629882, S2CID118923163
^ abcdTeske, Johanna K.; Thorngren, Daniel; Fortney, Jonathan J.; Hinkel, Natalie; Brewer, John M. (2019), "Do Metal-rich Stars Make Metal-rich Planets? New Insights on Giant Planet Formation from Host Star Abundances", The Astronomical Journal, 158 (6): 239, arXiv:1912.00255, Bibcode:2019AJ....158..239T, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab4f79, S2CID208527082
^Anderson, D. R.; Collier Cameron, A.; Delrez, L.; Doyle, A. P.; Faedi, F.; Fumel, A.; Gillon, M.; Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Hellier, C.; Jehin, E.; Lendl, M.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Pepe, F.; Pollacco, D.; Queloz, D.; Ségransan, D.; Skillen, I.; Smalley, B.; Smith, A. M. S.; Southworth, J.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Turner, O. D.; Udry, S.; West, R. G. (2014), "Three newly discovered sub-Jupiter-mass planets: WASP-69b and WASP-84b transit active K dwarfs and WASP-70Ab transits the evolved primary of a G4+K3 binary", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445 (2): 1114–1129, arXiv:1310.5654, Bibcode:2014MNRAS.445.1114A, doi:10.1093/mnras/stu1737, S2CID54750890
