This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system K2-36b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2016ApJ...827...78S | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2015 / 12 / 1 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | K2 | |
| Right ascension | 11 17 47.78 | h m s |
| Declination | +03 51 59.0 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 169.44908 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 3.86639 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.80 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 9.45 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0516 ( 1.238 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.03 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456809.4684 ± 0.0017 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 1.422614 ± 0.000038 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2019A+A...624A..38D |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4916 +35 −37 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.09 +0.06 −0.04 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.79 ± 0.01 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.718 +0.008 −0.006 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.621 +0.005 −0.004 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 2.12 ± 0.04 ( 2.991 ± 0.056 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0223 ± 0.0004 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0123 ± 0.0035 ( 3.9 ± 1.1 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.128 ± 0.007 ( 1.435 ± 0.078 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 5.4 +1.9 −1.6 ( 7.2 +2.5 −2.1 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1224 ± 13 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2019A+A...624A..38D |
K2-36b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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