This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting brown dwarf system TIC 52059926. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | arXiv:2602.02836 | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2026 / 2 / 4 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | TESS | |
| Right ascension | 01 07 05.44 | h m s |
| Declination | −68 22 05.17 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 16.77267 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -68.36810 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.72 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.02 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.203 ( 4.87 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 2.2 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2458350.1844 ± 0.0017 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 175.532 ± 0.097 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | arXiv:2602.02836 |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4505 ± 70 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.08 ± 0.05 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.73 ± 0.04 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.72 ± 0.02 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.62 ± 0.02 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 2.46 ± 0.24 ( 3.47 ± 0.34 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.510 ± 0.026 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.553 ± 0.025 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 16.9 +1.2 −1.1 ( 53723 +3815 −3497 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.955 +0.047 −0.051 ( 10.70 + 0.53 − 0.57 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 452 +65 −54 4.66 +0.06 −0.06 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 18.2 +3.6 −2.7 ( 24.1 + 4.8 − 3.6 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 230 ± 6 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | arXiv:2602.02836 |
TIC 52059926 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2026/02/19 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)