This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-29. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2010ApJ...723L..60H | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2010 / 9 / 27 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | WASP | |
| Right ascension | 23 51 31.08 | h m s |
| Declination | −39 54 24.2 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 357.87950 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -39.90672 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.21 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 8.78 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.11036 ( 2.6486 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 1.3 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2458356.414870 ± 0.000032 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 3.92271218 ± 0.00000025 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2021AJ....162..221S |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4875 ± 65 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.11 ± 0.14 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.825 ± 0.033 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.808 ± 0.044 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.54 ± 0.04 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.56 +0.20 −0.23 ( 2.20 +0.28 −0.32 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.03 +0.05 −0.03 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.04565 +0.00060 −0.00062 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.244 ± 0.020 ( 77.6 ± 6.4 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.775 ± 0.031 ( 8.69 ± 0.35 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 10.0 ± 1.4 3.00 ± 0.06 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.53 +0.11 −0.06 ( 0.703 +0.146 −0.080 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 960 ± 30 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2021AJ....162..221S |
WASP-29 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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