This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system OGLE-TR-56. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2003Natur.421..507K | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2002 / 11 / 27 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | OGLE | |
| Right ascension | 17 56 35.51 | h m s |
| Declination | −29 32 21.2 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 269.14796 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -29.53922 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 16.6 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | mag | |
| Transit duration | 0.0916 ( 2.198 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 1.0 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2453936.60063 ± 0.00014 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 1.21191123 ± 0.00000016 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2020AJ....159..150P |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6119 ± 62 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.25 ± 0.08 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.339 ± 0.101 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.737 ± 0.045 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.086 ± 0.019 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.256 ± 0.011 ( 0.361 ± 0.016 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.02453 ± 0.00061 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 1.41 ± 0.17 ( 448 ± 54 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.734 ± 0.058 ( 19.44 ± 0.65 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 11.6 ± 1.3 3.06 ± 0.05 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.253 ± 0.031 ( 0.336 ± 0.041 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 2482 ± 30 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2012MNRAS.426.1291S |
OGLE-TR-56 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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