This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system K2-37b. 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 | 16 13 48.24 | h m s |
| Declination | −24 47 13.4 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 243.45100 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -24.78706 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.52 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.14 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.11 ( 2.6 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.04 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456893.7013 ± 0.0080 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 4.44117 ± 0.00075 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...827...78S |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5413 ± 60 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.03 ± 0.04 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.90 ± 0.05 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.85 ± 0.04 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.52 ± 0.07 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0511 ± 0.0009 | AU |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.144 ± 0.015 ( 1.61 ± 0.17 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 974 ± 32 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...827...78S |
K2-37b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)