TEPCat: AU Mic b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system AU Mic b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2020Natur.582..497P  
Date of discovery paper 2020 / 6 / 25 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery TESS  
Right ascension 20 45 09.53 h m s
Declination −31 20 27.2 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 311.28971 degrees
Declination (decimal) -31.34089 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 8.63 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 4.53 mag
Transit duration 0.145
( 3.48 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.3 %
Time of mid-transit   2460149.9550 ± 0.0012     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 8.46314280 ± 0.0000049 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2025A+A...694A.137B  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 3540 +120 −110 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.01 ± 0.06 dex
Stellar mass 0.635 +0.040 −0.070   Msun
Stellar radius 0.862 ± 0.052 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.37 +0.08 −0.10 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 1.106 +0.099 −0.085
( 1.56 +0.14 −0.12 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.07 +0.09 −0.04  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.0694 +0.0027 −0.0023  AU
Planetary mass 0.0283 +0.0082 −0.0084
( 9.0 +2.6 −2.7 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.412 ± 0.013
( 4.62 ± 0.15 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 0.37 ± 0.12
( 0.49 ± 0.16 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 556 +8 −9 K
Reference of detailed study 2025A+A...694A.137B  

 

Entries in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements:
 
Reference λ (degrees)
Hirano et al. (2020)   −4.7   + 6.8   - 6.4  
Martioli et al. (2021)   −0.1   + 5.1   - 5.0  
Palle et al. (2020)   −3.0   + 10.4   - 10.3  
Addison et al. (2021)   5   + 16   - 15  

 

 


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