This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-168. 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 | 06 26 58.70 | h m s |
| Declination | −46 49 17.1 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 96.74458 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -46.82142 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.85 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.44 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0797 ( 1.913 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 1.0 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2457424.5278 ± 0.0004 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 4.153658 ± 0.000003 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2019MNRAS.482.1379H |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6000 ± 100 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.01 ± 0.09 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.08 ± 0.05 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.12 ± 0.06 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.37 ± 0.05 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.77 ± 0.14 ( 1.09 ± 0.20 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 +0.09 −0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0519 ± 0.0008 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.42 ± 0.04 ( 133 ± 12 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.5 +0.5 −0.3 ( 16.8 + 5.6 − 3.4 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 4.0 +4.0 −2.0 2.6 +0.3 −0.3 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.12 +0.10 −0.07 ( 0.159 +0.133 −0.093 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1340 ± 40 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2019MNRAS.482.1379H |
WASP-168 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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