This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system K2-356b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2022MNRAS.509.1075C | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2021 / 9 / 9 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | K2 | |
| Right ascension | 08 33 17.25 | h m s |
| Declination | +13 39 41.3 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 128.32188 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 13.66147 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.30 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.51 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.21 ( 5.0 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.07 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2458256.0408 ± 0.0046 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 21.0267 ± 0.0037 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2022MNRAS.509.1075C |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5568 +178 −150 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.11 +0.15 −0.17 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.90 +0.05 −0.06 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.86 ± 0.03 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.52 +0.03 −0.04 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.1599 +0.0178 −0.0306 | AU |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.204 +0.013 −0.011 ( 2.29 +0.15 −0.12 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 624 +10 −37 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2022MNRAS.509.1075C |
K2-356b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)