This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system K2-93b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2016ApJ...827L..10V | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2016 / 6 / 29 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | K2 | |
| Right ascension | 08 26 27.85 | h m s |
| Declination | +10 04 49.4 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 126.61604 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 10.08039 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 8.93 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 7.72 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2099 ( 5.038 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.04 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2457152.283 ± 0.002 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 15.571893 ± 0.000061 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2025A+A...702A.211L |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6371 ± 65 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.046 ± 0.044 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.245 +0.037 −0.043 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.306 ± 0.010 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.32 ± 0.02 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.557 ± 0.016 ( 0.786 ± 0.023 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0213 +0.0022 −0.0099 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.1303 ± 0.0013 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0285 +0.0044 −0.0016 ( 9.06 +1.40 −0.51 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.2158 ± 0.0024 ( 2.419 ± 0.027 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 1.64 ± 0.21 ( 2.18 ± 0.28 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 971 ± 11 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2025A+A...702A.211L |
K2-93b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2026/01/29 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)