This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-45. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2012MNRAS.422.1988A | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2011 / 5 / 17 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | WASP | |
| Right ascension | 00 20 56.99 | h m s |
| Declination | −35 59 53.8 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 5.23746 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -35.99828 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.98 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.29 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0746 ( 1.790 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 1.2 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2457501.35468 ± 0.00022 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 3.12607637 ± 0.00000060 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2021MNRAS.504.5671E |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5100 ± 200 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.36 ± 0.12 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.904 ± 0.067 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.917 ± 0.024 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.470 ± 0.014 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.174 ± 0.047 ( 1.657 ± 0.066 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0405 ± 0.0010 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 1.002 ± 0.062 ( 318 ± 19 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.992 ± 0.038 ( 11.12 ± 0.43 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 25.2 ± 1.3 3.40 ± 0.02 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.959 ± 0.077 ( 1.27 ± 0.10 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1170 ± 24 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016MNRAS.456..990C |
| Reference | λ (degrees) |
|---|---|
| Zak et al. (2025) | 13 + 15 - 10 |
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