This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system TOI-500b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2022NatAs...6..736S | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2022 / 4 / 29 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | TESS | |
| Right ascension | 07 06 14.18 | h m s |
| Declination | −47 35 16.1 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 106.55908 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -47.58781 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 10.54 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 7.72 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0416 ( 0.998 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.03 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2458468.3905 ± 0.0017 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 0.548177 ± 0.000019 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2022NatAs...6..736S |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4440 ± 100 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.12 ± 0.08 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.740 ± 0.017 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.678 ± 0.016 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.618 ± 0.017 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.063 +0.073 −0.044 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.01189 +0.00040 −0.00041 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0045 ± 0.0006 ( 1.43 ± 0.19 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.1040 +0.0054 −0.0052 ( 1.166 +0.061 −0.058 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 3.69 +0.56 −0.66 ( 4.89 +0.74 −0.88 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1617 ± 41 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2022NatAs...6..736S |
TOI-500b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2026/01/29 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)