This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-73. 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 | 21 19 47.91 | h m s |
| Declination | −58 08 56.0 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 319.94963 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -58.14889 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 10.48 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 9.03 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.233 ( 5.59 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.6 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456365.7688 ± 0.0011 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 4.0872856 ± 0.0000087 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2019A+A...622A..81M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6030 ± 120 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.14 ± 0.14 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.34 +0.05 −0.04 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 2.07 +0.19 −0.08 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 3.93 +0.04 −0.06 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.15 +0.02 −0.04 ( 0.212 +0.028 −0.056 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 +0.074 −0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.05512 +0.00060 −0.00053 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 1.88 +0.07 −0.06 ( 597 +22 −19 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.16 +0.12 −0.08 ( 13.00 + 1.35 − 0.90 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 34.7 +5.1 −5.8 3.54 +0.06 −0.08 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 1.20 +0.26 −0.30 ( 1.59 +0.34 −0.40 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1790 +75 −51 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2014A+A...563A.143D |
WASP-73 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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