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WASP-26 1.34 R⦿ 5950.00 K
WASP-26 b
1.210 RJup
WASP-26 B 0.65 R⦿ 4579.53 K
Architecture
WASP-26
WASP-26
WASP-26 b
WASP-26 B
Other Data
Bibliography 18
Exoplanet Archive Notes 2
WASP-26 Nearby Data 3
WASP-26 B Nearby Data 3
Discovery Data
Host Planet Method Year Reference Disposition
WASP-26 WASP-26 b Transit 2010 Smalley et al. 2010 Confirmed Planet
WASP-26
  • This reference contains discussion regarding the stellar multiplicity of this system. (Mugrauer 2019)
WASP-26 b
RA
00h18m24.73s
Dec
-15d16m02.66s
Distance
252.759+4.761-4.591
pc
Parallax
3.9291900±0.0726098 mas
Ecliptic Latitude
-15.8066 deg
Ecliptic Longitude
357.98818 deg
Galactic Latitude
-75.8715 deg
Galactic Longitude
88.35289 deg
Total Proper Motion
36.6887374±0.1244335 mas/yr
Proper Motion (RA)
27.393000±0.154455 mas/yr
Proper Motion (Dec)
-24.4067000±0.0702623 mas/yr
Photometry
mV
11.297±0.012
mTESS
10.5853±0.0077
mJ
10.021±0.022
mH
9.775±0.023
mKs
9.690±0.023
mW1
9.658±0.022
mW2
9.702±0.021
mW3
9.632±0.053
mW4
8.398±0.304
mGaia
10.993500±0.000439
mB
11.622±0.163
Abundances
(Hypatia Catalog)
[Fe/H] 0.27±0.10 dex
[Na/H] 0.22±0.04 dex
[Mg/H] 0.18±0.07 dex
[Al/H] 0.17±0.06 dex
[Si/H] 0.20±0.05 dex
[Ca/H] 0.19±0.06 dex
Tools
ExoFOP Target Overview Page
IRSA Finding Chart
TOI
Stellar Hosts
Source Knudstrup et al. 2024
 TICv8 Gaia DR2 Bonomo et al. 2017
 Stassun et al. 2017
 Southworth et al. 2014
 Mortier et al. 2013 Albrecht et al. 2012
 Anderson et al. 2011
 Smalley et al. 2010
 ExoFOP-TESS TOI
 Show Candidate Solutions >> << Hide Candidate Solutions
v sin i
(km/s)
2.9±0.8 --- --- 2.4±1.3 --- --- --- 2.2±0.7 3.9±0.4 2.4±1.3 ---
Teff
(K)
---
6034.000+134.590-130.364
5726.8667+178.8000-141.1170
 5950±100 6034±31 6015±55 6034±31 --- 5939±100 5950±100 6034.000±132.477
Metallicity
(dex)
--- 0.16±0.02 [M/H] --- -0.020±0.090 [Fe/H] 0.16 [Fe/H] -0.020±0.090 [Fe/H] 0.16±0.02 [Fe/H] --- --- -0.020±0.090 [Fe/H] ---
ρ✶
(g/cm3)
---
0.7454513+0.2021719-0.1325495
 --- --- 0.66±0.09 0.729±0.052 0.47±0.06 --- --- 0.66±0.08 ---
M✶
(M⦿)
---
1.120000+0.176990-0.119911
 --- 1.120±0.030 0.86±0.34 1.095±0.046 1.10±0.08 --- 1.111±0.028 1.12±0.03 ---
R✶
(R⦿)
---
1.2842700+0.0665241-0.0705010
1.4139855+0.0723475-0.0843235
 1.340±0.060 1.22±0.15 1.284±0.035 1.07±0.09 --- 1.303±0.059 1.34±0.06 1.2842700±0.0685126
log g
(log10(cm/s2))
---
4.269980+0.093688-0.071025
 --- --- 4.44±0.06 4.260±0.022 4.44±0.06 --- --- 4.3±0.2 4.2699800±0.0823565
Sp. T
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- G0 ---
γ
(km/s)
--- --- 9.595576067118962±0.542052945621336 --- --- --- --- --- 8.459297±0.000073 --- ---
L✶
(log10(L⦿))
---
0.29442522+0.01721855-0.02921553
0.28725292+0.01003742-0.01027493
 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Age
(Gyr)
--- --- --- 6.0±2.0 ---
4.0+5.9-4.0
 --- --- --- --- ---
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WASP-26 b Planetary Parameters (11 Solutions)
Status
Confirmed Planet
Detected By
Radial Velocity, Transit
Tools
Transit Prediction Service
TOI
Transit
Atmospheric Spectroscopy
Source Stassun et al. 2017
 Knudstrup et al. 2024
 Kokori et al. 2023
 Ivshina & Winn 2022 Kokori et al. 2022
 Bonomo et al. 2017
 Southworth et al. 2014
 Albrecht et al. 2012
 Anderson et al. 2011
 Smalley et al. 2010
 ExoFOP-TESS TOI
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Mp
(M⨁)
270±73 --- --- --- ---
329.9+6.4-6.7
 324.2±10.5 --- 326.715±6.674 324±10 ---
Mp
(MJup)
0.850±0.230 --- --- --- ---
1.038+0.020-0.021
 1.020±0.033 --- 1.028±0.021 1.02±0.03 ---
e
0.0 --- --- --- --- <0.0039 --- --- 0.0 0 ---
i
(deg)
82.50±0.50 --- 82.8±0.3 --- --- 82.50±0.50 82.83±0.27 --- 82.91±0.46 82.5±0.5 ---
P
(days)
2.75660±0.00001 --- 2.75659747±0.00000046 2.75659784±0.00000036 2.7565963±0.0000006 2.7565972±0.0000019 2.7565972±0.0000019 --- 2.7566004±0.0000067 2.75660±0.00001 2.75673948742882±0.00010442861000
ρ
(g/cm3)
--- --- --- --- ---
0.560+0.120-0.092
 0.703±0.060 --- 0.649±0.109 0.58±0.11 ---
Rp
(R⨁)
13.6±1.7 --- --- --- --- 14.80±0.90 13.63±0.53 --- 14.359±0.841 14.8±0.9 13.8044661296549±0.7482012000000
Rp
(RJup)
1.21±0.15 --- --- --- --- 1.320±0.080 1.216±0.047 --- 1.281±0.075 1.32±0.08 1.23155409926390±0.06675015507878
a
(au)
--- --- --- --- ---
0.03997+0.00035-0.00036
 0.03966±0.00056 --- 0.03985±0.00033 0.0400±0.0003 ---
δ
(%)
1.00±0.04 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1.022±0.034 1.03±0.04 0.924847599177457±0.011561662000000
T14
(hours)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- 2.383±0.043 2.3832±0.0432 2.35±0.05 2.38085647366309±0.03320816000000
TC
(days)
--- --- 2457309.62113±0.00025 2456548.80037±0.00022 2456631.49797±0.00023 2455837.59821±0.00044 2455837.59821±0.00044 2455228.38916±0.00075 2455228.38842±0.00058 2455123.6379±0.0005 2459090.38310700±0.00048461
Teq
(K)
--- --- --- --- --- --- 1650±24 --- --- 1660±40 1509.03882990984
S
(S⨁)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1225.52637329246
a/R✶
6.43±0.31 --- 6.64±0.16 --- --- ---
6.6445+0.1628-0.1552
 --- --- --- ---
Rp/R✶
--- --- 0.09910±0.00180 --- --- --- 0.09910±0.00180 0.1011±0.0017 --- --- ---
K
(m/s)
135.5±0.0 --- --- --- --- 138.2±1.2 138±2 137±15 --- 135.5±3.5 ---
b
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 0.83±0.02 ---
λ
(deg)
---
-16+14-10
 --- --- --- --- ---
-34 +36-26
 --- --- ---
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RA
00h18m25.36s
Dec
-15d16m15.04s
Distance
252.279±2.519 pc
Parallax
3.9354000±0.0392802 mas
Ecliptic Latitude
-15.81078 deg
Ecliptic Longitude
357.98911 deg
Galactic Latitude
-75.87576 deg
Galactic Longitude
88.35437 deg
Total Proper Motion
36.9739817±0.0547767 mas/yr
Proper Motion (RA)
27.4936000±0.0650757 mas/yr
Proper Motion (Dec)
-24.7220000±0.0383908 mas/yr
Photometry
mV
14.387±0.092
mTESS
13.1959±0.0071
mJ
12.220±0.024
mH
11.579±0.023
mKs
11.489±0.025
mW1
11.384±0.022
mW2
11.450±0.022
mW3
11.329±0.190
mW4
8.373
mGaia
13.913500±0.000257
mB
14.914±0.043
Tools
ExoFOP Target Overview Page
IRSA Finding Chart
Stellar Hosts
Source TICv8
Teff
(K)
4579.5300±91.3282
L✶
(log10(L⦿))
-0.7744483
Metallicity
(dex)
0.1724520±0.0134813 [M/H]
ρ✶
(g/cm3)
3.6739932
M✶
(M⦿)
0.72
R✶
(R⦿)
0.651308
log g
(log10(cm/s2))
4.66783
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Literature Time Series (1 File Type, 1 File)
File Type Data Points Filter Reference
Radial Velocity Curve     16 Optical Spectra Anderson et al. 2011
Known Objects
1 Confirmed Planets
2 2MASS Point Source Catalog
Data Files
1 Associated Literature Data
Known Objects
1 Confirmed Planets
2 2MASS Point Source Catalog
Data Files
1 Associated Literature Data
System
Star
Confirmed
Candidate
False Positive Planet
Controversial
False Positive
Aliases
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Time Series
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