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HD 149026 b

Planet status Confirmed
Planet type Hot Jupiter
Period 2.8758916 d
Mass 0.28 MJ 88.984 M⊕
Radius 0.74 RJ 8.288 R⊕
Semi major axis 0.041 AU
Star name HD 149026
Star distance 78.9 pc
Star teff 6147 K
Star radius 1.497 R☉
Temperature (calculated) 1634 K
V 8.15 mag
J 7.118 mag
K 6.819 mag
Alternate names
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Molecules

Featureless spectra: Detection

G-B: High resolution IR

High-resolution transmission spectroscopy of the hot-Saturn HD 149026b

2024, Federico Biassoni, Francesco Borsa et al.

non-detection supports the TiI cold-trap theory, which is valid for planets with Teq< 2200 K

H2O: Detection

G-B: High resolution IR

Evidence of Water Vapor in the Atmosphere of a Metal-Rich Hot Saturn with High-Resolution Transmission Spectroscopy

2024, Sayyed A. Rafi, Stevanus K. Nugroho et al.

Molecular ratios: C/O, etc...: Detection

JWST-NIRCam

The atmosphere of HD 149026b: Low metal-enrichment and weak energy transport

2024, Anna Gagnebin, Sagnick Mukherjee et al.

Different values to those derived by Bean etal 2023

CO2: Detection H2O: Detection Molecular ratios: C/O, etc...: Detection

JWST-NIRCam

High atmospheric metal enrichment for a Saturn-mass planet

2023, Jacob L. Bean, Qiao Xue et al.

High atmospheric metal enrichment

Ti: Detection

G-B: High resolution visible

Neutral metals in the atmosphere of HD149026b

2021, Masato Ishizuka, Hajime Kawahara et al.

Also a marginal signal of neutral Fe with 2.8 σ. Using transit observations with HDS@SUBARU

Fe: Detection TiO: No detection

G-B: High resolution IR

Neutral metals in the atmosphere of HD149026b

2021, Masato Ishizuka, Hajime Kawahara et al.

H: Upper limit

G-B: High resolution visible

A Detection of Hα in an Exoplanetary Exosphere

2012, Jensen, Adam G., Redfield, Seth et al.

H-alpha upper limit

CO2: Theoretical prediction CO: Theoretical prediction

Direct Detection

Transit and Eclipse Analyses of Exoplanet HD 149026b Using BLISS Mapping

2011, Kevin B. Stevenson, Joseph Harrington et al.