This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system WASP-162. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2019MNRAS.482.1379H | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2018 / 3 / 7 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | WASP | |
| Right ascension | 11 13 10.29 | h m s |
| Declination | −17 39 28.1 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 168.29288 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -17.65781 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.21 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.47 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1774 ( 4.258 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 1.0 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2457701.3816 ± 0.0006 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 9.62468 ± 0.00001 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2019MNRAS.482.1379H |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5300 ± 100 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.28 ± 0.13 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.95 ± 0.04 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.11 ± 0.05 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.33 ± 0.03 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.71 ± 0.07 ( 1.002 ± 0.099 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.434 ± 0.005 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0871 ± 0.0013 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 5.2 ± 0.2 ( 1653 ± 63 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.00 ± 0.05 ( 11.21 ± 0.56 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 214 ± 15 4.33 ± 0.03 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 5.2 ± 0.6 ( 6.90 ± 0.80 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 910 ± 20 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2019MNRAS.482.1379H |
| Reference | λ (degrees) |
|---|---|
| Zak et al. (2025) | 1 + 31 - 32 |
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