The catalog parameters

The parameters of the complete catalog are :

  • planet name
  • alternative planet names

Physical parameters

  • planet mass (expressed in Jupiter masses or in Earth masses),
  • planet radius (expressed in Jupiter masses or in Earth masses),
  • albedo ?
  • calculated temperature
  • measured temperature
  • equilibrium temperature (computed)
  • density (computed)
  • hottest point longitude
  • surface gravity, log g
  • category (computed)

Orbital parameters

  • orbital period ?
  • semi-major axis ?
  • eccentricity
  • orbit inclination with respect to the sky plane
  • periapse longitude
  • time of passage at the periapse

Observations

  • discovery year
  • methods of discovery/detection
  • method of measurement of the planet mass
  • method of measurement of the planet radius
  • date of update

Parameters from imaging detection

  • star-planet angular separation

Parameters from radial velocity ? detection

  • M.sini
  • semi-amplitude of the radial velocity ? curve
  • time of zero, increasing, radial velocity ?
  • time of the star-planet upper conjunction ?

Parameters from transit detection

  • time of passage at the center of the transit light curve for the primary transit
  • time of passage at the center of the transit light curve for the secondary transit
  • impact parameter
  • sky-projected angle between the planetary orbital spin and the stellar rotational spin

Stellar parameters

  • name
  • right ascension
  • declination
  • distance of the star to the observer
  • alternative star names
  • spectral type
  • mag v
  • mag i
  • mag h
  • mag j
  • mag k
  • mass
  • radius
  • age
  • effective temperature
  • metallicity
  • detected disc
  • detected magnetic field
Eléments orbitaux d’une orbite elliptique
A. Morbidelli