This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-129. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2016A+A...591A..55M | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2016 / 2 / 5 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | WASP | |
| Right ascension | 11 45 11.75 | h m s |
| Declination | −42 03 50.3 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 176.29896 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -42.06397 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.12 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.41 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1119 ( 2.686 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 1.2 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2457027.4373 ± 0.0002 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 5.748145 ± 0.000004 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016A+A...591A..55M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5900 ± 100 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.15 ± 0.09 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.00 ± 0.03 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.90 ± 0.02 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.53 ± 0.02 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.38 ± 0.10 ( 1.95 ± 0.14 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 +0.096 −0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0628 ± 0.0007 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 1.0 ± 0.1 ( 317 ± 31 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.93 ± 0.03 ( 10.42 ± 0.34 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 26.3 +3.2 −2.9 3.42 +0.05 −0.05 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 1.2 ± 0.2 ( 1.59 ± 0.27 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1100 ± 25 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016A+A...591A..55M |
| Reference | λ (degrees) |
|---|---|
| Zak et al. (2025) | 9 ± 6 |
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