This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-76. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2016A+A...585A.126W | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2013 / 10 / 22 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | WASP | |
| Right ascension | 01 46 31.86 | h m s |
| Declination | +02 42 02.0 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 26.63275 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 2.70056 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 9.53 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 8.24 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1582 ( 3.797 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 1.2 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456107.85540 ± 0.00051 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 1.80988086 ± 0.00000029 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | arXiv:2312.03319 |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6329 ± 65 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.366 ± 0.053 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.458 ± 0.021 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.765 ± 0.071 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.196 ± 0.106 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.268 +0.013 −0.035 ( 0.378 +0.018 −0.049 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 +0.05 −0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0330 ± 0.0002 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.894 +0.019 −0.013 ( 284.19 +6.04 −4.13 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.854 +0.077 −0.076 ( 20.78 + 0.86 − 0.85 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 6.4 ± 0.5 2.81 ± 0.03 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.128 ± 0.015 ( 0.170 ± 0.020 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 2228 ± 122 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2020Natur.580..597E |
| Reference | λ (degrees) |
|---|---|
| Brown et al. (2017) | misaligned |
| Ehrenreich et al. (2020) | 61.3 + 7.6 - 5.1 |
| Bourrier et al. (2024) | −37 + 13 - 21 |
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