TEPCat: HAT-P-12


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system HAT-P-12. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2009ApJ...706..785H  
Date of discovery paper 2009 / 4 / 29 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery HAT  
Right ascension 13 57 33.47 h m s
Declination +43 29 36.8 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 209.38946 degrees
Declination (decimal) 43.49356 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 12.8 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 10.11 mag
Transit duration 0.0974
( 2.338 )
day
hour
Transit depth 2.0 %
Time of mid-transit   2456446.635829 ± 0.000036     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 3.21305766 ± 0.00000013 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2018A+A...620A.142A  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 4665 ± 45 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.20 ± 0.09 dex
Stellar mass 0.691 ± 0.023   Msun
Stellar radius 0.679 ± 0.013 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.614 ± 0.012 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 2.205 ± 0.077
( 3.11 ± 0.11 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.0  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.03767 ± 0.00063  AU
Planetary mass 0.201 ± 0.012
( 63.9 ± 3.8 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.919 ± 0.023
( 10.30 ± 0.26 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity 5.89 ± 0.34
2.77 ± 0.02
m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 0.242 ± 0.017
( 0.321 ± 0.023 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 955 ± 11 K
Reference of detailed study 2018A+A...613A..41M  

 

Entries in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements:
 
Reference λ (degrees)
Mancini et al. (2018)   −54   + 41   - 13  

 

 


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