This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-66. 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 | 10 32 54.00 | h m s |
| Declination | −34 59 23.3 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 158.22500 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -34.98981 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.61 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.45 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1876 ( 4.502 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.7 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455929.09615 ± 0.00035 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 4.086052 ± 0.000007 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2012MNRAS.426..739H |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6600 ± 150 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.31 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.30 ± 0.07 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.75 ± 0.09 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.06 ± 0.04 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.242 +0.036 −0.028 ( 0.341 +0.051 −0.040 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 +0.11 −0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0546 ± 0.0009 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 2.32 ± 0.13 ( 737 ± 41 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.39 ± 0.09 ( 15.6 ± 1.0 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 27.5 +3.4 −3.0 3.44 +0.05 −0.05 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.86 +0.17 −0.13 ( 1.14 +0.23 −0.17 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1790 ± 60 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2012MNRAS.426..739H |
| Reference | λ (degrees) |
|---|---|
| Addison et al. (2016) | −4 ± 22 |
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