This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-63. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2012MNRAS.426..739H | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2012 / 4 / 24 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | WASP | |
| Right ascension | 06 17 20.74 | h m s |
| Declination | −38 19 23.8 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 94.33642 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -38.32328 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.16 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 9.39 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2225 ( 5.340 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.7 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455921.65314 ± 0.00063 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 4.3780821 ± 0.0000010 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | arXiv:2312.03319 |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5715 ± 60 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.28 ± 0.05 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.32 ± 0.05 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.88 +0.10 −0.06 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.01 +0.02 −0.04 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.198 +0.017 −0.025 ( 0.279 +0.024 −0.035 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 +0.22 −0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0574 ± 0.0007 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.38 ± 0.03 ( 120.80 ± 9.54 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.43 +0.10 −0.06 ( 16.03 + 1.12 − 0.67 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 4.17 +0.51 −0.45 2.62 +0.05 −0.05 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.13 ± 0.02 ( 0.172 ± 0.027 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1540 ± 40 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2012MNRAS.426..739H |
WASP-63 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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