This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system K2-24c. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2016ApJ...818...36P | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2015 / 11 / 17 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | K2 | |
| Right ascension | 16 10 17.69 | h m s |
| Declination | −24 59 25.2 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 242.57371 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -24.99033 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.28 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 9.18 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2707 ( 6.497 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.44 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456915.4485 ± 0.0079 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 42.3391 ± 0.0012 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2018AJ....156...89P |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5726 ± 65 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.41 ± 0.05 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.091 ± 0.056 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.185 ± 0.011 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.48 ± 0.03 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0282 +0.0003 −0.0007 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.262 +0.014 −0.011 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0516 +0.0041 −0.0006 ( 16.40 +1.30 −0.19 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.707 +0.011 −0.012 ( 7.92 +0.12 −0.13 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 0.136 +0.013 −0.007 ( 0.1804 +0.0172 −0.0093 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 591 ± 12 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2024A+A...690A.349N |
K2-24c does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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