This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-56. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2013A+A...551A..73F | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2012 / 10 / 9 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | WASP | |
| Right ascension | 12 13 27.90 | h m s |
| Declination | +23 03 20.2 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 183.36625 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 23.05561 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.17 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.53 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1484 ( 3.562 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 1.4 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455730.799 ± 0.001 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 4.617101 ± 0.000003 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2013A+A...551A..73F |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5600 ± 100 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.12 ± 0.06 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.017 ± 0.024 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.112 +0.026 −0.022 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.35 ± 0.02 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.74 ± 0.04 ( 1.044 ± 0.056 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.05458 ± 0.00041 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.571 +0.034 −0.035 ( 181 +10 −11 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.092 +0.035 −0.033 ( 12.24 + 0.39 − 0.37 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 10.94 ± 0.92 3.04 ± 0.04 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.438 +0.048 −0.046 ( 0.581 +0.064 −0.061 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1216 +25 −24 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2013A+A...551A..73F |
WASP-56 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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