TEPCat: LP 791-18d


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system LP 791-18d. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2023Natur.617..701P  
Date of discovery paper 2023 / 5 / 17 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery TESS  
Right ascension 11 02 45.96 h m s
Declination −16 24 22.3 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 165.69150 degrees
Declination (decimal) -16.40619 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 16.9 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 10.64 mag
Transit duration 0.0381
( 0.914 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.3 %
Time of mid-transit   2458552.37773 ± 0.00067     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 2.75519 ± 0.00045 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   arXiv:2501.18700  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 2960 ± 55 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.09 ± 0.19 dex
Stellar mass 0.139 ± 0.005   Msun
Stellar radius 0.171 ± 0.018 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 5.115 ± 0.094 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.0011 +0.0010 −0.0008  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.01992 ± 0.00024  AU
Planetary mass 0.0029 ± 0.0006
( 0.92 ± 0.19 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.0921 +0.0039 −0.0038
( 1.032 +0.044 −0.043 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 3.44 ± 0.84
( 4.6 ± 1.1 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature K
Reference of detailed study arXiv:2501.18700  

 

LP 791-18d does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2025/08/27           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)