This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-106. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2014A+A...570A..64S | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2014 / 8 / 6 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | WASP | |
| Right ascension | 11 05 43.13 | h m s |
| Declination | −05 04 45.9 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 166.42971 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -5.07942 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.21 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.16 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2234 ( 5.362 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.8 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456649.54972 ± 0.00033 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 9.2897159 ± 0.0000010 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014A+A...570A..64S |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6265 ± 36 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.15 ± 0.03 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.26 ± 0.05 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.42 ± 0.03 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.38 ± 0.04 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.57 ± 0.11 ( 0.80 ± 0.16 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 +0.13 −0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0917 ± 0.0014 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 2.00 ± 0.08 ( 635 ± 25 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.10 ± 0.02 ( 12.33 ± 0.22 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 0.86 ± 0.17 ( 1.14 ± 0.23 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1140 ± 29 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2021MNRAS.506.3810B |
| Reference | λ (degrees) |
|---|---|
| Harre et al. (2023) | −1 ± 11 |
| Wright et al. (2023) | 6 + 17 - 18 |
| Prinoth et al. (2024) | −3 + 9 - 10 |
| Espinoza-Retamal et al. (2025) | 1 ± 12 |
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