This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system K2-162b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2018AJ....156...78L | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2018 / 7 / 2 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | K2 | |
| Right ascension | 12 24 09.28 | h m s |
| Declination | −01 06 40.8 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 186.03867 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -1.11133 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.72 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 9.90 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1215 ( 2.916 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.04 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2457583.90760 ± 0.00470 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 9.4588900 ± 0.0010400 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2018AJ....156...78L |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4842 +49 −45 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.17 +0.05 −0.06 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.750 ± 0.020 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.690 ± 0.010 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.630 ± 0.010 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 2.000 +0.700 −1.000 ( 2.82 +0.99 −1.41 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.07950 ± 0.00060 | AU |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.128 +0.010 −0.006 ( 1.435 +0.112 −0.067 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 631 ± 8 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2018AJ....156...78L |
K2-162b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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