TEPCat: catalogue of the physical properties of transiting planetary systems

 

TEPCat is a catalogue of the physical properties of the known transiting extrasolar planet and brown dwarf systems, which now consists of four parts. All parts are available as HTML tables, with and without errorbars, and machine-readable ASCII and CSV files for detailed analysis. The data come from my Homogeneous Studies of Transiting Extrasolar Planets papers, augmented by carefully selected results from the literature. TEPCat is comparatively new, and additional resources are still being added.

 

Part 1 is a critical compilation of the physical properties of the known transiting planets. I include results from refereed journal papers and from the arXiv preprint server. Results from my Homogeneous studies papers are given where appropriate.

Physical properties
of all systems: 		  without errorbars   with errorbars   ascii table
csv file

 

Part 2 is a summation of the results of my series of papers on the Homogeneous studies of transiting extrasolar planets. The first table of results gives the measured quantities for each planetary system from the spectra and light curves:

Homogeneous studies
measured quantities: 		  without errorbars   with errorbars   ascii table
csv file

The second table of results gives the final physical properties of each system. Most have been determined using constraints from stellar theory. In these cases I give both statistical and systematic errorbars.

Homogeneous studies
physical properties: 		  without errorbars   with errorbars   ascii table
csv file

 

Part 3: is for planning observations. I provide a table of basic observable quantities of transiting planetary systems which are useful for planning follow-up observations: sky position, V magnitude, transit depth and duration, and the most recent orbital ephemerides.

Basic observable
quantities: 		  html table   ascii table
csv file

 

Part 4: is a catalogue of measurements of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect. This gives the projected angle between the orbital axis of the planet and the spin axis of the star, and is useful in understanding the formation and dynamical evolution of planetary systems.

Rossiter-McLaughlin
catalogue 		  html table   ascii table
csv file

 

If you have any comments, queries, additions or corrections then please contact me at [email address].

Other compilations of quantities for extrasolar planets include exoplanet.eu, the Exeter catalogue, and exoplanets.org.
A catalogue of Rossiter-McLaughlin observations is maintained by René Heller here.
A bibliography of Kepler planets is available from here and is maintained by Howard Relles and Eric Ford.

 

Additional resources (in progress)

Bibliography, references, and papers for download

Definition and units of the quantities in the tables

 

Last modified: 27/01/2012           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)