This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-159. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2019MNRAS.482.1379H | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2018 / 3 / 7 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | WASP | |
| Right ascension | 04 32 32.76 | h m s |
| Declination | −38 58 06.0 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 68.13650 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -38.96833 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.82 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.02 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2328 ( 5.587 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.5 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2457668.0849 ± 0.0009 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 3.840401 ± 0.000007 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2019MNRAS.482.1379H |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6000 ± 150 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.22 ± 0.12 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.41 ± 0.12 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 2.11 ± 0.10 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 3.94 ± 0.04 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.15 ± 0.02 ( 0.212 ± 0.028 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 +0.18 −0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0538 ± 0.0015 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.55 ± 0.08 ( 174 ± 25 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.38 ± 0.09 ( 15.5 ± 1.0 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 6.6 ± 1.1 2.82 ± 0.07 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.21 ± 0.04 ( 0.279 ± 0.053 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1850 ± 50 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2019MNRAS.482.1379H |
WASP-159 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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