This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system K2-24b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2016ApJ...818...36P | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2015 / 11 / 17 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | K2 | |
| Right ascension | 16 10 17.69 | h m s |
| Declination | −24 59 25.2 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 242.57371 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -24.99033 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.28 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 9.18 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.228 ( 5.47 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.2 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456905.8855 ± 0.0054 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 20.88977 ± 0.00035 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2018AJ....156...89P |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5625 ± 60 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.34 ± 0.04 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.07 ± 0.06 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.16 +0.04 −0.40 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.29 ± 0.05 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.06 ± 0.01 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.154 ± 0.002 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0570 +0.0069 −0.0066 ( 18.1 +2.2 −2.1 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.482 ± 0.018 ( 5.40 ± 0.20 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 0.482 +0.090 −0.076 ( 0.64 +0.12 −0.10 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 767 ± 177 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2018AJ....156...89P |
K2-24b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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