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Table 5

Median and 1-σ limits of the posterior marginalized PDFs obtained for the WASP-43 system derived from our global MCMC analysis.

MCMC Jump parameters

Planet/star area ratio (Rp/R  )2 [%]
b′ = acosip/R   [R  ] 0.656 ± 0.010
Transit width W [h]
T0 − 2 450 000 [BJDTDB] 5726.54336 ± 0.00012
Orbital period P [d] 0.81347753 ± 0.00000071
RV K2 [m s-1 d1/3]
dFocc,z [ppm] , < 850 (3-σ)
dFocc, NB1190 , < 1700 (3-σ)
dFocc, NB2090 1560 ± 140
c1I + z 0.983 ± 0.050
c2I + z 0.065 ± 0.060
c1r 1.363 ± 0.047
c2r 0.401 ± 0.051

Deduced stellar parameters

u1I + z 0.406 ± 0.026
u2I + z 0.171 ± 0.024
u1r 0.625 ± 0.024
u2r 0.112 ± 0.020
Vγ [km s-1]  −3.5950 ± 0.0040
Density ρ   [ρ]
Surface gravity log g   [cgs]
Mass M   [M] 0.717 ± 0.025
Radius R   [R]
Teff [K]a 4520 ± 120
[Fe/H]  [dex]a  −0.01 ± 012

Deduced planet parameters

RV K [ m s-1 ]
Rp/R  
btr [R  ]
boc [R  ]
Toc − 2 450 000 [BJDTDB]
Orbital semi-major axis a [AU] 0.01526 ± 0.00018
Roche limit aR [AU] 0.00768 ± 0.00016
a/aR
a/R  
Orbital inclination ip [deg] 82.33 ± 0.20
Orbital eccentricity e , < 0.0298 (3-σ)
Argument of periastron ω [deg]
Equilibrium temperature Teq [K]b
Density ρp [ρJup]
Density ρp [g/cm3]
Surface gravity log gp [cgs]
Mass Mp [MJup]
Radius Rp [RJup] 1.036 ± 0.019

Notes. 

(a)

From stellar evolution modeling (Sect. 3.3).

(b)

Assuming A = 0 and F = 1.

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