This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-15. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2009AJ....137.4834W | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2009 / 2 / 17 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | WASP | |
| Right ascension | 13 55 42.71 | h m s |
| Declination | −32 09 34.6 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 208.92796 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -32.15961 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 10.92 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 9.69 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1547 ( 3.713 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 1.2 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454584.69859 ± 0.00029 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 3.75209748 ± 0.00000081 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2013MNRAS.434.1300S |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6573 ± 70 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.09 ± 0.04 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.305 ± 0.051 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.522 ± 0.044 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.189 ± 0.021 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.370 ± 0.027 ( 0.522 ± 0.038 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.05165 ± 0.00067 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.592 ± 0.019 ( 188.19 ± 6.04 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.408 ± 0.046 ( 15.78 ± 0.52 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 7.39 ± 0.46 2.87 ± 0.03 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.198 ± 0.018 ( 0.263 ± 0.024 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1676 ± 29 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2013MNRAS.434.1300S |
| Reference | λ (degrees) |
|---|---|
| Triaud et al. (2010) | −139.6 + 4.3 - 5.2 |
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