HAT-P-36, also referred to as Tuiren[2] is a 12th magnitude G-type main-sequence star estimated to be approximately 1,034 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici. HAT-P-36 is too faint to be seen with the naked eye, but it is possible to view it with binoculars or a small telescope. In 2012 a hot Jupiter-type exoplanet was discovered orbiting HAT-P-36 with an orbital period of about 1.3 Earth days.[3] In December 2019, HAT-P-36 was named Tuiren and its planetary companion, HAT-P-36b, was named Bran as a result of Ireland's contribution to the 2019 NameExoWorlds campaign.[4] Bran has a mass approximately 1.8 times that of Jupiter and a radius 1.2 times larger.
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Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
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Constellation | Canes Venatici |
Right ascension | 12h 33m 03s[1] |
Declination | +44° 54′ 55″ |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.26 |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | -16.434 km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: -11.641 mas/yr Dec.: 8.065 mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 3.3678 ± 0.0258 mas |
Distance | 968 ± 7 ly (297 ± 2 pc) |
Details | |
Mass | 1.022 ± 0.049 M☉ |
Radius | 1.096 ± 0.056 R☉ |
Temperature | 5580 ± 100.0 K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.26 ± 0.08 dex |
Age | 6.6 ± 1.8 Gyr |
Other designations | |
2MASS J12330390+4454552, Gaia DR1 1541532207133249920 | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HAT-P-36 and its planet are named after characters from The Birth of Bran, a story in the book Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens. The book is a re-telling of various stories from Irish folklore. Tuiren was the aunt of the mythical hero Fionn mac Cumhaill and was turned into a hound by the fairy Uchtdealbh after Tuiren married her husband. Bran and Sceólan were the two puppies mothered by Tuiren while she was a dog. They were cousins of Fionn mac Cumhaill. The names were proposed by John Murphy, a teacher at Regina Mundi College, Cork.[6]
Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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b (Bran) | ≥1.832±0.099 MJ | 0.0238±0.0004 | 1.327347±0.000003 | 0.063±0.032 | 86±1.3° | 1.264±0.071 RJ |
HAT-P-36b (Bran) was discovered in 2012 by the HATNet Project using the transit method.[3] A search for transit timing variation did not result in detection of additional planets in the system as at 2021.[7] Surprisingly, a planetary orbital period increase by 0.014 seconds per year was detected by 2021.[8]
Jupiter | HAT-P-36b (Bran) |
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