Planet WASP-26 b

Name WASP-26 b
Planet Status Confirmed
Discovered in 2010
Mass 1.028 ( -0.021 +0.021 ) MJ
Mass*sin(i)
Semi-Major Axis 0.03985 (± 0.00033) AU
Orbital Period 2.7566004 (± 6.7e-06) day
Eccentricity 0.0
ω
Tperi
Radius 1.281 ( -0.075 +0.075 ) RJ
Inclination 82.91 (± 0.46) deg
Update 2014-07-24
Detection Method Primary Transit
Mass Detection Method
Radius Detection Method
Primary transit 2455228.38842 (± 0.00058) JD
Secondary transit
λ
Impact Parameter b
Time Vr=0
Velocity Semiamplitude K
Calculated temperature
Measured temperature
Hottest point longitude
Geometric albedo
Surface gravity log(g/gH)
Alternate Names

Star

WASP-26
Name WASP-26
Distance 250.0 (± 15.0) pc
Spectral type G0
Apparent magnitude V 11.3
Mass 1.12 (± 0.03) MSun
Age 6.0 (± 2.0) Gyr
Effective temperature 5950.0 (± 100.0) K
Radius 1.34 (± 0.06) RSun
Metallicity [Fe/H] -0.02 (± 0.09)
Detected Disc
Magnetic Field
RA2000 00:18:25.0
Dec2000 -15:16:02
Alternate Names
Planetary system 1 planet

Remarks

Alias TYC5839-876-1

The star is a visual double with a K1 companion a 15''.

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High-precision photometry by telescope defocussing. VI. WASP-24, WASP-25 and WASP-26
2014 SOTHWORTH, J. HINSE, T.C., BURGDORF, M., CALCHI NOVATI, C., DOMINIK, M. & 52 additional authors
MNRAS, accepted
arxiv 

A Uniformly Derived Catalogue of Exoplanets from Radial Velocities
2012 HOLLIS M., BALAN S., LEVER G. & LAHAV O.
MNRAS, 423, Issue 3, 2800-2814
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Taxonomy of the extrasolar planet
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Astrobiology, 12, 361
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Constraining Tidal Dissipation in Stars from The Destruction Rates of Exoplanets
2012 PENEV K., JACKSON B., SPADA F. & THOM N.
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Obliquities of Hot Jupiter host stars: Evidence for tidal interactions and primordial misalignments
2012 ALBRECHT S., WINN J., JOHSON J., HOWARD A., MARCY G. & 8 additional authors
ApJ., 757, 18
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MNRAS
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Astron. & Astrophys., 532, A79
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Spin-orbit measurements and refined parameters for the exoplanet systems WASP-22 and WASP-26
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Astron. & Astrophys., 534, A16
paper   arxiv

UBV(RI)C photometry of transiting planet host stars
2011 MAXTED P., KOEN C. & SMALLEY B.
MNRAS, 418, 1039
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The diversity of planetary system architectures: contrasting theory with observations
2011 MIGUEL Y.? GUILERA O. & BRUNINI A.
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The Exoplanet Orbit Database
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The Reflection Effect in Interacting Binaries or in Planet-Star Systems
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Astron. J., 141, 59
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HAT-P-26b: A Low-Density Neptune-Mass Planet Transiting a K Star
2011 HARTMAN J., BAKOS G., KIPPING D., TORRES G., KOVACS G. & 18 additional authors
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The Exoplanet Handbook
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Content
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Limits on the Orbits and Masses of Moons around Currently-Known Transiting Exoplanets
2010 WEIDNER C. & HORNE K.
Astron. & Astrophys., 521, A76
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