This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system K2-168b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2018AJ....155..136M | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2018 / 2 / 15 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | K2 | |
| Right ascension | 22 12 26.37 | h m s |
| Declination | −16 20 30.3 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 333.10987 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -16.34175 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.29 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.55 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.17 ( 4.1 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.05 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456975.0377 ± 0.0023 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 15.8523 ± 0.0019 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2019ApJ...880L...5H |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5503 +101 −51 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | dex | |
| Stellar mass | 0.877 +0.060 −0.029 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.830 +0.087 −0.043 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | c.g.s. | |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.166 +0.021 −0.010 ( 1.86 +0.24 −0.11 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 766 +16 −8 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2019ApJ...880L...5H |
K2-168b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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