This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system K2-68. 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 | 22 16 04.75 | h m s |
| Declination | −10 34 02.3 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 334.01979 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -10.56731 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.98 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.53 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.113 ( 2.71 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.04 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456982.32810 ± 0.00380 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 8.054280 ± 0.000820 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJS..226....7C |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4746 ± 96 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | dex | |
| Stellar mass | 0.730 ± 0.096 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.675 ± 0.086 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.632 ± 0.060 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.071 ± 0.003 | AU |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.141 ± 0.020 ( 1.58 ± 0.22 ) | 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 |
K2-68 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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