ExoAtmospheres
IAC community database for exoplanet atmospheric observations

 

WASP-26 b

Planet status Confirmed
Planet type Hot Jupiter
Period 2.7566004 d
Mass 1.028 MJ 326.6984 M⊕
Radius 1.281 RJ 14.3472 R⊕
Semi major axis 0.03985 AU
Star name WASP-26
Star distance 250 pc
Star teff 5950 K
Star radius 1.34 R☉
Temperature (calculated) 1663 K
V 11.3 mag
J 10.021 mag
K 9.69 mag
Alternate names
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Molecules

Dayside Temperature (occultation): 1825 K

Spitzer

Warm Spitzer occultation photometry of WASP-26b at 3.6 and 4.5 μm

2013, Mahtani, D. P., Maxted, P. F. L. et al.

Brightness T = 1825 ± 80 (at 3.6 µm) and
1725 ± 89 K (at 4.5 µm). Isothermal atmosphere with possible weak T inversion