This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system K2-50. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2016ApJS..226....7C | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2016 / 7 / 19 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | K2 | |
| Right ascension | 11 17 56.07 | h m s |
| Declination | +05 59 18.2 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 169.48362 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 5.98839 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.72 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.66 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.112 ( 2.69 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.07 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456810.33110 ± 0.00740 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 8.752900 ± 0.001300 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJS..226....7C |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4326 ± 128 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | dex | |
| Stellar mass | 0.611 ± 0.056 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.546 ± 0.050 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.742 ± 0.050 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.071 ± 0.002 | AU |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.142 ± 0.021 ( 1.59 ± 0.24 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJS..226....7C |
K2-50 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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