This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system K2-16c. 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 40 23.34 | h m s |
| Declination | +04 33 26.4 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 175.09725 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 4.55733 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.65 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.08 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0 ( 0. ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.10 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456809.48890 ± 0.01480 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 19.07246 ± 0.00519 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2015ApJ...809...25M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4761 +50 −57 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.40 +0.12 −0.17 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.72 +0.06 −0.03 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.68 +0.06 −0.03 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | c.g.s. | |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.1220 ± 0.0021 | AU |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.191 ± 0.037 ( 2.14 ± 0.41 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 523 ± 12 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2015ApJ...809...25M |
K2-16c does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)