TEPCat: WASP-30


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting brown dwarf system WASP-30. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2011ApJ...726L..19A  
Date of discovery paper 2010 / 10 / 14 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery WASP  
Right ascension 23 53 38.03 h m s
Declination −10 07 05.1 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 358.40846 degrees
Declination (decimal) -10.11808 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 11.46 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 10.20 mag
Transit duration 0.1644
( 3.946 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.4 %
Time of mid-transit   2455443.06132 ± 0.00034     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 4.1567758 ± 0.0000024 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2020AJ....160..155W  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 6208 ± 85 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.03 ± 0.09 dex
Stellar mass 1.23 ± 0.05   Msun
Stellar radius 1.42 ± 0.04 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.250 +0.009 −0.018 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 0.466 +0.016 −0.029
( 0.658 +0.023 −0.041 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.0 +0.004 −0.0  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.05534 +0.00047 −0.00051  AU
Planetary mass 61.7 ± 1.5
( 196138 ± 4768 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.96 ± 0.03
( 10.76 ± 0.34 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity 1714 +77 −85
5.23 +0.02 −0.02
m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 86.8 ± 5.7
( 115.1 ± 7.6 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1474 ± 25 K
Reference of detailed study 2023MNRAS.519.5177C  

 

Entries in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements:
 
Reference λ (degrees)
Triaud et al. (2013)   −7   + 27   - 19  

 

 


Page generated on 2025/03/17           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)