This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-5. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2008MNRAS.387L...4A | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2007 / 12 / 14 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | WASP | |
| Right ascension | 23 57 23.74 | h m s |
| Declination | −41 16 37.5 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 359.34892 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -41.27708 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.14 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.60 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0988 ( 2.371 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 1.4 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456446.98868 ± 0.00017 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 1.62842953 ± 0.00000052 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2015MNRAS.450.3101B |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5770 ± 65 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.09 ± 0.09 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.033 ± 0.049 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.088 ± 0.040 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.379 ± 0.030 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.801 ± 0.080 ( 1.13 ± 0.11 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.02740 ± 0.00044 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 1.595 ± 0.052 ( 507 ± 16 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.175 ± 0.055 ( 13.17 ± 0.62 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 28.6 ± 2.6 3.46 ± 0.04 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.92 ± 0.12 ( 1.22 ± 0.16 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1753 ± 35 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2012MNRAS.426.1291S |
| Reference | λ (degrees) |
|---|---|
| Triaud et al. (2010) | 12.1 + 8.0 - 10.0 |
| Fukui et al. (2011) | 7.2 ± 9.5 |
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