This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-72. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2013A+A...552A..82G | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2012 / 10 / 7 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | WASP | |
| Right ascension | 02 44 09.60 | h m s |
| Declination | −30 10 09.1 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 41.04000 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -30.16919 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 10.87 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 9.62 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1558 ( 3.739 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.4 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2457660.74049 ± 0.00049 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 2.2167429 ± 0.0000010 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2020AJ....160..155W |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6250 ± 100 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.06 ± 0.09 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.386 ± 0.055 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.98 ± 0.24 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 3.99 +0.10 −0.11 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.177 +0.073 −0.048 ( 0.250 +0.103 −0.068 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 +0.079 −0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.03708 ± 0.00050 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 1.461 +0.059 −0.056 ( 464 +18 −17 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.27 ± 0.20 ( 14.2 ± 2.2 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 22.9 +7.3 −5.5 3.4 +0.1 −0.1 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.72 +0.43 −0.25 ( 0.96 +0.57 −0.33 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 2210 +120 −130 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2013A+A...552A..82G |
| Reference | λ (degrees) |
|---|---|
| Addison et al. (2018) | −7 + 11 - 12 |
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