This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system K2-279b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2018AJ....156..277L | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2018 / 10 / 10 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | K2 | |
| Right ascension | 13 39 07.13 | h m s |
| Declination | −06 02 29.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 204.77971 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -6.04158 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.43 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 9.99 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1354 ( 3.250 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.02 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2457222.13278 ± 0.00782 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 7.1226050 ± 0.0016470 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2018AJ....156..277L |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5558 ± 70 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.37 ± 0.05 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.790 ± 0.030 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.860 ± 0.010 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.460 ± 0.020 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.801 +0.946 −0.524 ( 1.13 +1.33 −0.74 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.06700 +0.00080 −0.00090 | AU |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.108 ± 0.012 ( 1.21 ± 0.13 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 879 ± 14 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2018AJ....156..277L |
K2-279b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)