HD 142527 is a binary star system in the constellation of Lupus.[7][8] The primary star belongs to the Herbig Ae/Be star class, while the companion, discovered in 2012, is a red dwarf star or accreting protoplanet[5] with a projected separation of less than 0.1″.[9] The system is notable for its circumbinary protoplanetary disk and its discovery has helped refine models of planet formation. The orbit of companion is strongly inclined to the circumbinary protoplanetary disk.[5]
HD 142527 is listed in the International Variable star index as a UX Orionis variable, with a visible-light magnitude ranging from 8.27 to 8.60.[10]
Studies have shown eddies and vortex structures forming in the disk under the influence of two large planets.[12] The system is important as it allows astronomers to observe the accretion process in planetary formation.
In early 2013 an article was published by astronomers working with the ALMA telescope in Chile, which refers to the discovery of two massive flows of matter in the system.[13] Dust and gas is transferred from the periphery to the center through gravitational interaction with two giant planets that have a mass several times greater than the mass of Jupiter. Thus, the flows act as "pumps", pumping material from the edge of the center, "feeding" star. The planets themselves have not been detected so far, due to a dense shroud of gas. However, astronomers have proposed models that describe their existence.
^Simon Casassus, Gerrit van der Plas, Sebastian Perez M, William R. F. Dent, Ed Fomalont, Janis Hagelberg, Antonio Hales, Andrés Jordán, Dimitri Mawet, Francois Ménard, Al Wootten, David Wilner, A. Meredith Hughes, Matthias R. Schreiber, Julien H. Girard, Barbara Ercolano, Hector Canovas, Pablo E. Román & Vachail Salinas,Flows of gas through a protoplanetary gap, Nature 493, 191–194 (10 January 2013) .
^ abHunziker, S.; Schmid, H. M.; Ma, J.; Menard, F.; Avenhaus, H.; Boccaletti, A.; Beuzit, J. L.; Chauvin, G.; Dohlen, K.; Dominik, C.; Engler, N.; Ginski, C.; Gratton, R.; Henning, T.; Langlois, M.; Milli, J.; Mouillet, D.; Tschudi, C.; Van Holstein, R. G.; Vigan, A. (2021), "HD 142527: Quantitative disk polarimetry with SPHERE", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 648: A110, arXiv:2103.08462, Bibcode:2021A&A...648A.110H, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202040166, S2CID232233697
^"NSV 20441". The International Variable Star Index. AAVSO. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
^Hideaki Fujiwara, Mitsuhiko Honda, Hirokazu Kataza, Takuya Yamashita, Takashi Onaka, Misato Fukagawa, Yoshiko K. Okamoto, Takashi Miyata, Shigeyuki Sako, Takuya Fujiyoshi, Itsuki Sakon. The Asymmetric Thermal Emission of Protoplanetary Disk Surrounding HD 142527 Seen by Subaru/COMICS