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HD 85628
Binary star in Carina From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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HD 85628 (MASCARA-4) is a binary star system in the constellation of Carina.[8] The host star, HD 85628 A, is an A-type main-sequence star, the primary star of the system, with a hot Jupiter in orbit around it. The secondary star is HD 85628 B, a K-type main-sequence star. Little is known about it.
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Nomenclature
This star system was first catalogued in the Henry Draper Catalog as HD 85628, its most common name. The Henry Draper Catalogue gave stars visible to the naked eye in suitable conditions a designation, indicating that this star can be seen with the naked eye. But in 2019, the Multi-site All-Sky Camera announced the discovery of the exoplanet HD 85628 Ab/MASCARA-4b around HD 85628 A. Thus, the primary star is sometimes catalogued as MASCARA-4.
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Planetary system
In 2019, a hot Jupiter exoplanet was discovered by MASCARA using the transit method around HD 85628 A.[9]
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