This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-68. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2014A+A...563A.143D | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2013 / 12 / 9 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | WASP | |
| Right ascension | 20 20 22.98 | h m s |
| Declination | −19 18 52.9 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 305.09575 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -19.31469 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 10.68 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 8.95 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.214 ( 5.14 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.8 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456064.86356 ± 0.00061 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 5.084298 ± 0.000015 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014A+A...563A.143D |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5910 ± 60 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.22 ± 0.08 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.24 ± 0.03 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.69 +0.11 −0.06 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.09 +0.13 −0.08 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.26 +0.03 −0.05 ( 0.367 +0.042 −0.071 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 +0.063 −0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.06206 +0.00045 −0.00040 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.95 ± 0.03 ( 302.00 ± 9.54 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.24 +0.10 −0.06 ( 13.90 + 1.12 − 0.67 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 15.5 +1.5 −2.0 3.19 +0.04 −0.06 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.50 +0.07 −0.10 ( 0.663 +0.093 −0.133 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1490 +44 −29 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2014A+A...563A.143D |
WASP-68 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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