TEPCat: TOI-521


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system TOI-521. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper arXiv:2509.14782  
Date of discovery paper 2025 / 9 / 19 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery TESS  
Right ascension 08 13 22.62 h m s
Declination +12 13 19.6 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 123.34425 degrees
Declination (decimal) 12.22211 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 14.69 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 10.09 mag
Transit duration 0.049
( 1.18 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.2 %
Time of mid-transit   2458492.7153 ± 0.0005     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 1.54285047 ± 0.0000009 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   arXiv:2509.14782  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 3544 ± 100 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.12 ± 0.08 dex
Stellar mass 0.420 ± 0.030   Msun
Stellar radius 0.421 ± 0.028 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.81 ± 0.09 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 5.8 +0.4 −0.5
( 8.18 +0.56 −0.71 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.0  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.0195 ± 0.0003  AU
Planetary mass 0.0167 ± 0.0031
( 5.31 ± 0.99 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.176 ± 0.012
( 1.97 ± 0.13 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity 13 ± 3
3.11 ± 0.09
m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 2.6 ± 0.7
( 3.45 ± 0.93 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 794 ± 35 K
Reference of detailed study arXiv:2509.14782  

 

TOI-521 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2026/01/29           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)