WASP-76 Overview
WASP-76
1.76
R⦿
6329.00
K
WASP-76 b
1.854
RJup
WASP-76 B
0.80
R⦿
4850.00
K
WASP-76 Architecture & Discovery Information
| Name | Orbital Separation | Planet Size | Method | Year | Reference | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WASP-76 | ||||||
| WASP-76 b | 1.81 d | 20.78 R⨁ | Transit | 2016 | West et al. 2016 | Confirmed Planet |
| WASP-76 B | ||||||
WASP-76
- This reference contains discussion regarding the stellar multiplicity of this system. (Wöllert & Brandner 2015)
- This reference contains discussion regarding the stellar multiplicity of this system. (Ngo et al. 2016)
- This reference contains discussion regarding the stellar multiplicity of this system. (Ginski et al. 2016)
- This reference contains discussion regarding the stellar multiplicity of this system. (Southworth et al. 2020)
- This reference contains discussion regarding the stellar multiplicity of this system. (Bohn et al. 2020)
- Stellar parameters and photometry correspond to those derived from the most recent observations (c.f. Tables 4 and 6) (Ngo et al. 2016)
- RA
- 01h46m31.90s
- Dec
- +02d42m01.40s
- Distance
-
194.459+6.206-5.839pc
- Parallax
- 5.120430±0.157874 mas
- Ecliptic Latitude
- -7.75221 deg
- Ecliptic Longitude
- 25.68783 deg
- Galactic Latitude
- -57.34698 deg
- Galactic Longitude
- 149.08514 deg
- Total Proper Motion
- 61.0509847±0.2923456 mas/yr
- Proper Motion (RA)
- 45.398500±0.300976 mas/yr
- Proper Motion (Dec)
- -40.819100±0.281304 mas/yr
- Photometry
-
mV9.518±0.004
-
mTESS9.02706±0.00680
-
mJ8.541±0.024
-
mH8.331±0.038
-
mKs8.243±0.031
-
mW18.190±0.022
-
mW28.228±0.019
-
mW38.208±0.021
-
mW48.064±0.194
-
mGaia9.395070±0.000556
-
mB10.132±0.063
-
Abundances
(Hypatia Catalog) -
[Fe/H] 0.38±0.04 dex
-
[C/H] 0.35±0.09 dex
-
[O/H] 0.00±0.09 dex
| Source | Demangeon et al. 2024 | Alexoudi 2022 | Fu et al. 2021 | Ehrenreich et al. 2020 | TICv8 | Gaia DR2 | Brown et al. 2017 | West et al. 2016 | ExoFOP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Teff
(K)
|
--- | --- |
6366+92-90
|
6329±65 |
6278.1600+115.5780-91.7358
|
6114.6665+54.6670-47.0332
|
6250±100 | 6250±100 | 6278.2±103.7 | ||
|
Metallicity
(dex)
|
--- | --- |
0.204+0.093-0.096
[Fe/H]
|
0.366±0.053 [Fe/H] | 0.3847600±0.0157239 [M/H] | --- | 0.19±0.10 [Fe/H] | 0.23±0.10 [Fe/H] | --- | ||
|
γ
(km/s)
|
--- | --- | --- | -1.11±0.50 | --- | -1.1086049535301239±0.4993851608592058 | -1.05±0.06 | -1.0733±0.0002 | --- | ||
|
v sin i
(km/s)
|
--- | --- | --- | 1.48±0.28 | --- | --- |
1.1+0.5-0.4
|
3.3±0.6 | --- | ||
|
Age
(Gyr)
|
--- | --- |
1.86+0.75-0.56
|
1.816±0.274 | --- | --- |
2.7+0.1-0.6
|
5.30+6.10-2.90
|
--- | ||
|
M✶
(M⦿)
|
--- | --- |
1.467+0.079-0.081
|
1.458±0.021 |
1.226000+0.233546-0.119875
|
--- | 1.46±0.06 | 1.46±0.07 | --- | ||
|
R✶
(R⦿)
|
--- | --- |
1.744+0.045-0.042
|
1.756±0.071 |
1.8912100+0.1021390-0.0866849
|
1.9693491+0.0306491-0.0347465
|
1.70±0.03 | 1.73±0.04 | 1.8912099599838257±0.0944119000000000 | ||
|
log g
(log10(cm/s2))
|
--- | --- |
4.1233+0.0160-0.0200
|
4.196±0.106 |
3.9730800+0.0882451-0.0765247
|
--- | 4.144±0.008 | 4.128±0.015 | 3.97±0.08 | ||
|
Sp. T
|
--- | F7 | --- | F7 | --- | --- | --- | F7 | --- | ||
|
L✶
(log10(L⦿))
|
--- | --- |
0.654+0.037-0.037
|
--- |
0.6995036+0.0335870-0.0301278
|
0.6888312+0.0151636-0.0157122
|
--- | --- | --- | ||
|
ρ✶
(g/cm3)
|
0.3994±0.0048 | --- |
0.391+0.018-0.024
|
--- |
0.2555268+0.0584706-0.0558881
|
--- | 0.416±0.006 |
0.403+0.011-0.025
|
--- |
- Status
- Confirmed Planet
- Detected By
- Radial Velocity, Transit
| Source | Ehrenreich et al. 2020 | Demangeon et al. 2024 | Kokori et al. 2023 | Ivshina & Winn 2022 | Alexoudi 2022 | Kokori et al. 2022 | Fu et al. 2021 | Brown et al. 2017 | West et al. 2016 | ExoFOP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
a/R✶
|
4.08+0.02-0.06
|
4.1088+0.0081-0.0083
|
4.07±0.03 | --- | 4.10±0.01 | --- |
4.078+0.060-0.083
|
4.17±0.02 | --- | --- | ||
|
ω
(deg)
|
--- |
51.0+25.0-100.0
|
--- | --- | --- | --- |
62.0+67.0-82.0
|
--- | --- | --- | ||
|
e
|
0 | <0.0067 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
0.016+0.018-0.011
|
0 | 0 | --- | ||
|
P
(days)
|
1.80988198+0.00000064-0.00000056
|
1.80988452±0.00000010 | 1.80988043±0.00000027 | 1.80988058±0.00000018 | --- | 1.8098806±0.0000007 | 1.80988158±0.00000030 | 1.809886±0.000001 | 1.809886±0.000001 | 1.8098811293497352±0.0000001511885089 | ||
|
TC
(days)
|
2458080.626165+0.000418-0.000367
(BJD)
|
2459371.070433±0.000023
(BJD)
|
2459305.914867±0.000058
(BJD-TDB)
|
2458080.62570±0.00013
(BJD-TDB)
|
2456107.84623±0.00030
(BJD-TDB)
|
2457273.4191±0.0005
(BJD-TDB)
|
2457360.29300±0.00014
(BJD-TDB)
|
2455876.1895±0.0005
(BJD-TDB)
|
2456107.85507±0.00034
(HJD-UTC)
|
2460985.484461000±0.000094751
(BJD)
|
||
|
Teq
(K)
|
2228±122 | --- | --- | --- | 2182±35 | --- |
2231+37-36
|
2153.6+32.8-30.7
|
2160±40 | 2159.434156650334 | ||
|
b
|
0.0270+0.1300-0.0230
|
--- | --- | --- | 0.04±0.05 | --- |
0.103+0.084-0.071
|
0.13±0.01 |
0.14+0.11-0.09
|
--- | ||
|
i
(deg)
|
89.623+0.005-0.034
|
--- |
88.0+1.3-1.6
|
--- |
89.4+0.5-0.6
|
--- |
88.5+1.0-1.2
|
88.2±0.2 |
88.0+1.3-1.6
|
--- | ||
|
ρ
(g/cm3)
|
0.17±0.02 | --- | --- | --- | 0.20±0.01 | --- |
0.180+0.012-0.013
|
0.229±0.009 | 0.201±0.013 | --- | ||
|
Rp
(R⨁)
|
20.78+0.86-0.85
|
--- | --- | --- | 20.5±0.4 | --- |
20.68+0.56-0.52
|
19.4±0.3 |
20.5+0.7-0.4
|
21.955554888351184±1.096538900000000 | ||
|
Rp
(RJup)
|
1.854+0.077-0.076
|
--- | --- | --- | 1.83±0.04 | --- |
1.845+0.050-0.046
|
1.73±0.03 |
1.83+0.06-0.04
|
1.9587467831353464±0.0978268166703151 | ||
|
Rp/R✶
|
0.10852+0.00096-0.00072
|
--- | 0.1090±0.0007 | --- | 0.10624±0.00009 | --- |
0.10873+0.00048-0.00047
|
--- | --- | --- | ||
|
Mp
(M⨁)
|
284+4-4
|
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 289±13 | 277±10 | 292±10 | --- | ||
|
Mp
(MJup)
|
0.894+0.014-0.013
|
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 0.910±0.042 | 0.87±0.03 | 0.92±0.03 | --- | ||
|
K
(m/s)
|
116.02+1.29-1.35
|
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 117.5±3.2 | 112±1 | 119.3±1.8 | --- | ||
|
a
(au)
|
0.0330±0.0002 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
0.03304+0.00058-0.00062
|
0.0330±0.0005 | 0.0330±0.0005 | --- | ||
|
δ
(%)
|
1.178+0.077-0.076
|
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1.182±0.010 | 1.08±0.01 | 1.189±0.016 | 1.30335612700927±0.00233116340000 | ||
|
T14
(hours)
|
3.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
3.7526+0.0130-0.0115
|
--- | 3.694±0.019 | 3.7636624066186646±0.0056797590000000 | ||
|
S
(S⨁)
|
4104±896 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
4130+280-260
|
--- | --- | 5139.026625031367 | ||
|
Tp
(days)
|
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
2456107.73+0.34-0.40
(BJD-TDB)
|
--- | --- | --- | ||
|
Mp sin i
(M⨁)
|
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 289±13 | --- | --- | --- | ||
|
Mp sin i
(MJup)
|
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 0.910±0.042 | --- | --- | --- | ||
|
λ
(deg)
|
61.28+7.61-5.06
|
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
64.6+10.0-23.6
|
--- | --- |
- RA
- ---
- Dec
- ---
- Distance
- 195.2962824492510±6.0214151183353 pc
- Parallax
- 5.120425168665750±0.157874001164975 mas
- Ecliptic Latitude
- ---
- Ecliptic Longitude
- ---
- Galactic Latitude
- ---
- Galactic Longitude
- ---
- Total Proper Motion
- 61.051±0.292 mas/yr
- Proper Motion (RA)
- 45.398454461373703±0.300976369044125 mas/yr
- Proper Motion (Dec)
- -40.819138374813846±0.281304241668469 mas/yr
- Photometry
-
mV---
-
mTESS---
-
mJ---
-
mH---
-
mKs---
-
mW1---
-
mW2---
-
mW3---
-
mW4---
-
mGaia---
-
mB---
| Source | Fu et al. 2021 | Southworth et al. 2020 | Ngo et al. 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Teff
(K)
|
4850±150 |
4824+126-128
|
4310±170 |
|
R✶
(R⦿)
|
0.795±0.055 | --- | --- |
|
M✶
(M⦿)
|
--- | 0.78±0.03 | 0.712±0.042 |
|
log g
(log10(cm/s2))
|
--- | --- | 4.608±0.030 |
|
Age
(Gyr)
|
--- |
1.0+0.4-0.8
|
--- |
WASP-76 Nearby Data
(within 30 arcseconds)
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- Known Objects
- 1 Confirmed Planets
- 1 2MASS Point Source Catalog
- Data Files
- 1 Associated Literature Data
WASP-76 B Nearby Data
(within 30 arcseconds)
Browse Nearby Data
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- Known Objects
- 1 Confirmed Planets
- 1 2MASS Point Source Catalog
- Data Files
- 1 Associated Literature Data
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Demangeon et al. 2024 Reference Overview -
ExoClock Project. III. 450 New Exoplanet Ephemerides from Ground and Space Observations
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Emergent Spectral Fluxes of Hot Jupiters: An Abrupt Rise in Dayside Brightness Temperature Under Strong Irradiation
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Five Key Exoplanet Questions Answered via the Analysis of 25 Hot-Jupiter Atmospheres in Eclipse
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TESS Transit Timing of Hundreds of Hot Jupiters
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On the parameter refinement of inflated exoplanets with large radius uncertainty based on TESS observations
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ExoClock Project. II. A Large-scale Integrated Study with 180 Updated Exoplanet Ephemerides
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A unique hot Jupiter spectral sequence with evidence for compositional diversity
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Spitzer Phase-curve Observations and Circulation Models of the Inflated Ultrahot Jupiter WASP-76b
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The Hubble PanCET Program: Transit and Eclipse Spectroscopy of the Strongly Irradiated Giant Exoplanet WASP-76b
Fu et al. 2021 Reference Overview -
ARES I: WASP-76 b, A Tale of Two HST Spectra
Edwards et al. 2020 Reference Overview -
HST/STIS transmission spectrum of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-76 b confirms the presence of sodium in its atmosphere
von Essen et al. 2020 Reference Overview -
Nightside condensation of iron in an ultrahot giant exoplanet
Ehrenreich et al. 2020 Reference Overview -
Statistical Characterization of Hot Jupiter Atmospheres Using Spitzer's Secondary Eclipses
Garhart et al. 2020 Reference Overview -
A multiplicity study of transiting exoplanet host stars. II. Revised properties of transiting planetary systems with companions
Southworth et al. 2020 Reference Overview -
A multiplicity study of transiting exoplanet host stars. I. High-contrast imaging with VLT/SPHERE
Bohn et al. 2020 Reference Overview -
The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List
TICv8 Reference Overview -
Gaia Data Release 2
Gaia DR2 Reference Overview -
ExoFOP TOI Table
ExoFOP -
Rossiter-McLaughlin models and their effect on estimates of stellar rotation, illustrated using six WASP systems
Brown et al. 2017 Reference Overview -
Friends of Hot Jupiters. IV. Stellar Companions Beyond 50 au Might Facilitate Giant Planet Formation, but Most are Unlikely to Cause Kozai-Lidov Migration
Ngo et al. 2016 Reference Overview -
A lucky imaging multiplicity study of exoplanet host stars - II
Ginski et al. 2016 Reference Overview -
Three irradiated and bloated hot Jupiters:. WASP-76b, WASP-82b, and WASP-90b
West et al. 2016 Reference Overview -
A Lucky Imaging search for stellar sources near 74 transit hosts
Wöllert & Brandner 2015 Reference Overview -
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Cutri et al. 2014 Reference Overview -
2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources
2MASS Point Source Catalog Reference Overview
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