TEPCat: WASP-41


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-41. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2011PASP..123..547M  
Date of discovery paper 2010 / 12 / 14 y / m / d
Right ascension 12 42 28.50 h m s
Declination −30 38 23.5 d m s
V-band apparent magnitude 11.64 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 9.68 mag
Transit duration 0.1099
( 2.638 )
day
hour
Transit depth 2.1 %
Time of mid-transit   2455996.67927 ± 0.00010     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 3.05240154 ± 0.00000041 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016MNRAS.457.4205S  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5546 ± 33 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.06 ± 0.04 dex
Stellar mass 0.987 ± 0.033   Msun
Stellar radius 0.886 ± 0.012 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.538 ± 0.009 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 1.420 ± 0.034
( 2.004 ± 0.048 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.0 +0.026 −0.0  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.0410 ± 0.0005  AU
Planetary mass 0.977 ± 0.026
( 310.58 ± 8.27 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 1.178 ± 0.018
( 13.20 ± 0.20 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity 17.45 ± 0.46
3.24 ± 0.01
m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 0.558 ± 0.021
( 0.740 ± 0.028 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1242 ± 12 K
Reference of detailed study 2016MNRAS.457.4205S  

 

Entries in the catalogue of Rossiter-McLaughlin measurements:
 
Reference λ (degrees)
Neveu-VanMalle et al. (2016)   29   + 10   - 14  
Southworth et al. (2016)   6   ±   11  

 

 

WASP-41 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same as the physical properties given above, but in some cases the Homogeneous Studies results given below have been superseded by newer analyses.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 138 ± 2 m/s
Stellar effective temperature 5546 ± 50 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.06 ± 0.05 dex
Orbital inclination 88.70 ± 0.39   degrees
Fractional stellar radius (R* / a) 0.1004 ± 0.0008  
Fractional planetary radius (Rpl / a)   0.01373 ± 0.00015   
Light curve analysis reference 2016MNRAS.457.4205S  
 
Derived parameters Value Unit
Stellar mass 0.987 ± 0.021 ± 0.026 Msun
Stellar radius 0.886 ± 0.009 ± 0.008 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.538 ± 0.008 ± 0.004 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 1.420 ± 0.034 ρsun
Orbital semimajor axis   0.0410 ± 0.0003 ± 0.0004  AU
Planetary mass 0.977 ± 0.020 ± 0.017 Mjup
Planetary radius 1.178 ± 0.015 ± 0.010 Rjup
Planetary surface gravity 17.45 ± 0.46 m/s2
Planetary mean density 0.558 ± 0.020 ± 0.005 ρjup
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1242 ± 12 K
Safronov number 0.0689 ± 0.0014 ± 0.0006  
Main analysis reference 2016MNRAS.457.4205S  

 


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