This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-161. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2019AJ....157...43B | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2018 / 7 / 18 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | WASP | |
| Right ascension | 08 25 21.09 | h m s |
| Declination | −11 30 03.6 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 126.33787 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -11.50100 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.09 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 9.84 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2137 ( 5.129 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.6 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2457416.6210 ± 0.0010 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 5.405350 ± 0.000003 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | arXiv:2312.03319 |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6406 ± 100 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.16 ± 0.09 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.39 ± 0.14 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.712 +0.083 −0.072 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.111 +0.023 −0.033 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.282 +0.013 −0.027 ( 0.398 +0.018 −0.038 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0673 ± 0.0023 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 2.49 ± 0.021 ( 791.55 ± 6.68 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.143 +0.065 −0.058 ( 12.81 + 0.73 − 0.65 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 49 +66 −30 3.7 +0.4 −0.4 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 1.66 ± 0.22 ( 2.20 ± 0.29 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1557 +34 −29 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2019AJ....157...43B |
WASP-161 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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