TEPCat: WASP-37


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-37. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2011AJ....141....8S  
Date of discovery paper 2010 / 8 / 19 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery WASP  
Right ascension 14 47 46.57 h m s
Declination +01 03 53.9 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 221.94404 degrees
Declination (decimal) 1.06497 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 12.72 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 11.09 mag
Transit duration 0.1304
( 3.130 )
day
hour
Transit depth 1.9 %
Time of mid-transit   2458225.64678 ± 0.00016     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 3.57747771 ± 0.0000067 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2022MNRAS.512.2062B  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5940 ± 55 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.40 ± 0.12 dex
Stellar mass 0.925 ± 0.120   Msun
Stellar radius 1.003 ± 0.053 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.39 +0.02 −0.03 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 0.931 +0.064 −0.099
( 1.314 +0.090 −0.140 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.0  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.0446 ± 0.0019  AU
Planetary mass 1.80 +0.17 −0.128
( 572 +54 −40 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 1.16 +0.07 −0.06
( 13.00 + 0.78 − 0.67 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity 30.2 +2.1 −2.7
3.48 +0.03 −0.04
m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 1.15 +0.12 −0.15
( 1.53 +0.16 −0.20 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1323 +25 −15 K
Reference of detailed study 2011AJ....141....8S  

 

WASP-37 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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