TEPCat: GJ 523


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system GJ 523. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper arXiv:2603.24682  
Date of discovery paper 2026 / 3 / 27 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery TESS  
Right ascension 13 43 23.08 h m s
Declination +39 14 56.9 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 205.84617 degrees
Declination (decimal) 39.24914 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 9.24 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 6.53 mag
Transit duration 0.119
( 2.86 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.1 %
Time of mid-transit   2460397.0239 ± 0.0011     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 17.745740 ± 0.000045 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   arXiv:2603.24682  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 4660 ± 50 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.193 ± 0.080 dex
Stellar mass 0.781 ± 0.029   Msun
Stellar radius 0.702 ± 0.030 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.62 ± 0.10 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 2.26 +0.32 −0.28
( 3.19 +0.45 −0.40 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.143 +0.069 −0.063  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.1226 ± 0.0015  AU
Planetary mass 0.074 ± 0.010
( 23.5 ± 3.2 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.227 ± 0.013
( 2.54 ± 0.15 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 5.9 +1.5 −1.2
( 7.8 +2.0 −1.6 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 538 ± 13 K
Reference of detailed study arXiv:2603.24682  

 

Entries in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements:
 
Reference λ (degrees)
Kroft et al. (2026)   −999   ±   -999  

 

 


Page generated on 2026/04/13           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)