TEPCat: WASP-139


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-139. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2017MNRAS.465.3693H  
Date of discovery paper 2016 / 4 / 15 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery WASP  
Right ascension 03 18 14.91 h m s
Declination −41 18 07.4 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 49.56212 degrees
Declination (decimal) -41.30206 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 12.39 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 10.47 mag
Transit duration 0.118
( 2.83 )
day
hour
Transit depth 1.3 %
Time of mid-transit   2456870.9582 ± 0.0002     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 5.9242705 ± 0.0000008 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2024AJ....168..185E  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5233 ± 60 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.20 ± 0.09 dex
Stellar mass 0.84 ± 0.03   Msun
Stellar radius 0.810 ± 0.008 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.56 ± 0.02 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 1.6 ± 0.1
( 2.26 ± 0.14 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.103 +0.050 −0.041  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.061 ± 0.001  AU
Planetary mass 0.118 ± 0.017
( 37.5 ± 5.4 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.79 ± 0.01
( 8.86 ± 0.11 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 0.23 ± 0.04
( 0.305 ± 0.053 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 910 ± 30 K
Reference of detailed study 2024AJ....168..185E  

 

Entries in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements:
 
Reference λ (degrees)
Espinoza-Retamal et al. (2024)   −85.6   + 7.7   - 4.2  

 

 


Page generated on 2025/03/17           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)