LHS 3844 b

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LHS 3844 b / Kua'kua
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Artist’s illustration of LHS 3844 b
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Vanderspek et al.
Discovery dateSeptember 2018
Transit
Designations
Kua'kua, [2] TOI-136.01, TIC 410153553 b [3] [4]
Orbital characteristics
0.00622±0.00017 AU [3] [4]
0.46292913±0.00000190 d [3] [4]
Inclination 88.50±0.51 [4]
Star LHS 3844
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
1.303±0.022 R🜨 [3] [4]
Albedo <0.2 [5]
Temperature 1,040 K (770 °C; 1,410 °F) (day side) [5]

    LHS 3844 b, formally named Kua'kua, [2] is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf LHS 3844, about 48.5 light-years (14.9 parsecs ) away in the constellation Indus, [6] discovered using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. It orbits its parent star once every 11 hours, and its radius is 1.32 times that of Earth. [1] It has a low albedo, indicating that its surface may resemble that of the Moon or Mercury. LHS 3844 b probably does not have an atmosphere as almost no heat goes to its night side, and it has a dayside temperature of 1,040 K (770 °C; 1,410 °F). [5] [7] The presence of cloudy atmosphere with cloud tops above pressure level of 0.1 bar cannot be excluded though. [8]

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    In order to explain the lack of atmosphere, it has been proposed that the planet was formed interior to the star system's snow-line, because if it formed beyond the snow-line it would have carried volatiles, on the surface and in a thick atmosphere, that according to models on atmospheric loss should have been enough to sustain an atmosphere to the present. [9] The planet probably also formed with a volatile-poor outgassing mantle, in a stagnant lid regime, because if the mantle was similar in constitution to Earth's, with plate tectonics, then it should still have a thick atmosphere, unless the red dwarf consistently flared at an uncharacteristically extreme rate not yet considered in atmospheric loss models. [9] An alternative explanation for the lack of atmosphere could be through a large impact event, one with enough momentum to strip the planet of its atmosphere and a large portion of its mantle. [9] In order to explain the non replenishment of volatiles via comets back onto the planet, it is also proposed that perhaps there is an outer gas giant in the star system. [9]

    Naming

    In August 2022, this planet and its host star were included among 20 systems to be named by the third NameExoWorlds project. [6] The approved names, proposed by a team from Costa Rica, were announced in June 2023. LHS 3844 b is named Kua'kua and its host star is named Batsũ̀, after the Bribri words for "butterfly" and "hummingbird". [2]

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