This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system K2-6b. 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 52 46.14 | h m s |
| Declination | −01 11 54.5 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 178.19225 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -1.19847 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.65 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.06 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0 ( 0. ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.07 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456827.50440 ± 0.00560 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 30.93716 ± 0.00428 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2015ApJ...809...25M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5850 +79 −98 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.14 +0.17 −0.20 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.97 ± 0.07 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.96 +0.14 −0.09 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | c.g.s. | |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.1898 ± 0.0056 | AU |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.223 ± 0.078 ( 2.50 ± 0.87 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 615 ± 105 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2015ApJ...809...25M |
K2-6b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)