Planet WD 1054-226 b

Detailed information about planet WD 1054-226 b and its parameters.

Planet parameters Publications Observability Predictor

Planet

Name

WD 1054-226 b

Planet Status

Candidate

Discovered in

2022

Publication Status

Published in a refereed paper

Update

2025-08-08

Mass

1.73e-05

M_J 1 publication

Relentless and Complex Transits from a Planetesimal Debris Disk

Mass*sin(i)

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Semi-Major Axis

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Orbital Period

1.0425 day 1 publication

Relentless and Complex Transits from a Planetesimal Debris Disk

Eccentricity

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Angular distance

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ω

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T_peri

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Radius

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Inclination

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Detection Method

TTV

Mass Meas. Method

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Radius Meas. Method

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Primary transit

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Secondary transit

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λ

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Impact Parameter b

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Time V_r=0

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Velocity Semiamplitude K

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Calculated temperature

343.0 K 1 publication

Relentless and Complex Transits from a Planetesimal Debris Disk

Measured temperature

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Hottest point longitude

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Geometric albedo

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Surface gravity log(g/g_H)

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Alternate Names

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Data Source	Type	Result Value	Result Figure	Notes	Reference

Molecule	Data Source	Type	Result Value	Result Figure	Notes	Reference

Farihi et al. (2022): The light curve of WD 1054-226 shows repeating dips every 23.1 minutes over a cycle of 25.02 h imputable to the presence of transiting orbiting debris such as asteroids. These are in turn likely "shepherded" by a Moon-sized dwarf exoplanet in 66:65 mean-motion resonance.

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