This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system K2-5b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2015ApJ...809...25M | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2015 / 3 / 27 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | K2 | |
| Right ascension | 11 17 12.84 | h m s |
| Declination | −01 52 40.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 169.30350 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -1.87797 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.91 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.59 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.111 ( 2.66 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.11 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456808.86360 ± 0.00610 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 5.73501 ± 0.00058 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2015ApJ...809...25M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4102 +45 −41 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.51 +0.04 −0.06 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.53 ± 0.01 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.52 ± 0.01 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | c.g.s. | |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0509 ± 0.0004 | AU |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.171 ± 0.021 ( 1.92 ± 0.24 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 634 ± 12 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2015ApJ...809...25M |
K2-5b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)