This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-88. 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 38 02.70 | h m s |
| Declination | −48 27 43.2 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 309.51125 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -48.46200 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.39 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.32 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.252 ( 6.05 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.8 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456474.73154 ± 0.00086 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 4.9540045 ± 0.0000020 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2021MNRAS.506.2853S |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6450 ± 61 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.03 ± 0.04 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.288 ± 0.035 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.93 +0.12 −0.03 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 3.976 +0.015 −0.051 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.179 +0.09 −0.029 ( 0.253 +0.127 −0.041 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 +0.482 −0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.06431 +0.00065 −0.00062 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.520 +0.067 −0.066 ( 165 +21 −20 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.63 +0.12 −0.03 ( 18.27 + 1.35 − 0.34 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 4.84 +0.64 −0.88 2.68 +0.05 −0.09 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.112 +0.016 −0.026 ( 0.149 +0.021 −0.034 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1737 +54 −15 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2021MNRAS.506.2853S |
WASP-88 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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