TEPCat: WASP-17


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-17. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2010ApJ...709..159A  
Date of discovery paper 2009 / 8 / 11 y / m / d
Right ascension 15 59 50.95 h m s
Declination −28 03 42.3 d m s
V-band apparent magnitude 11.50 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 10.22 mag
Transit duration 0.1830
( 4.392 )
day
hour
Transit depth 1.8 %
Time of mid-transit   2454592.80154 ± 0.00050     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 3.7354845 ± 0.0000019 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2012MNRAS.426.1338S  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 6550 ± 100 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.25 ± 0.09 dex
Stellar mass 1.286 ± 0.079   Msun
Stellar radius 1.583 ± 0.041 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.149 ± 0.014 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 0.324 ± 0.012
( 0.457 ± 0.017 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.0  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.05135 ± 0.00103  AU
Planetary mass 0.477 ± 0.033
( 151 ± 10 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 1.932 ± 0.053
( 21.66 ± 0.59 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity 3.16 ± 0.20
2.50 ± 0.03
m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 0.0618 ± 0.0048
( 0.0820 ± 0.0064 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1755 ± 28 K
Reference of detailed study 2012MNRAS.426.1338S  

 

Entries in the catalogue of Rossiter-McLaughlin measurements:
 
Reference λ (degrees)
Anderson et al. (2010)   −147   + 49   - 11  
Bayliss et al. (2010)   167.4   ±   11.2  
Triaud et al. (2010)   −148.5   + 4.2   - 5.4  
Anderson et al. (2011)   −148.7   + 7.7   - 6.7  

 

 

WASP-17 has been examined as part of the Homogeneous Studies of Transiting Extrasolar Planets project. The details from this work have been given below. In most instances they are the same as the physical properties given above, but in some cases the Homogeneous Studies results given below have been superseded by newer analyses. Separate statistical and systematic errorbars are given where relevant.

Measured parameters Value Unit
Orbital velocity amplitude 52.7 ± 2.9 m/s
Stellar effective temperature 6550 ± 100 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   -0.25 ± 0.09 dex
Orbital inclination 86.71 ± 0.30   degrees
Fractional stellar radius (R* / a) 0.1436 ± 0.0018  
Fractional planetary radius (Rpl / a)   0.01802 ± 0.00030   
Light curve analysis reference 2012MNRAS.426.1338S  
 
Derived parameters Value Unit
Stellar mass 1.286 ± 0.076 +0.020 −0.02 Msun
Stellar radius 1.583 ± 0.040 ± 0.008 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.149 ± 0.014 ± 0.002 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 0.324 ± 0.012 ρsun
Orbital semimajor axis   0.05125 ± 0.00099 ± 0.00027  AU
Planetary mass 0.477 ± 0.033 ± 0.005 Mjup
Planetary radius 1.932 ± 0.052 ± 0.010 Rjup
Planetary surface gravity 3.16 ± 0.20 m/s2
Planetary mean density 0.0618 ± 0.0048 ± 0.0003 ρjup
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1755 ± 28 K
Safronov number 0.0196 ± 0.0012 ± 0.0001  
Main analysis reference 2012MNRAS.426.1338S  

 


Page generated on 2017/08/07           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)