This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-90. 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 | 21 02 07.70 | h m s |
| Declination | +07 03 23.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 315.53208 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 7.05658 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.69 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.25 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1398 ( 3.355 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.6 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456235.5639 ± 0.0005 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 3.916243 ± 0.000003 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016A+A...585A.126W |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6440 ± 130 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.11 ± 0.14 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.55 ± 0.10 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.98 ± 0.09 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.033 ± 0.029 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.20 ± 0.02 ( 0.282 ± 0.028 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 +0.5 −0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0562 ± 0.0012 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.63 ± 0.07 ( 200 ± 22 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.63 ± 0.09 ( 18.3 ± 1.0 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 5.37 +0.80 −0.69 2.73 +0.06 −0.06 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.145 ± 0.027 ( 0.192 ± 0.036 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1840 ± 50 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016A+A...585A.126W |
WASP-90 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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