This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system K2-26b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2016ApJ...818...87S | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2016 / 1 / 13 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | K2 | |
| Right ascension | 06 16 49.58 | h m s |
| Declination | +24 35 47.1 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 94.20658 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 24.59642 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.53 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.53 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.197 ( 4.73 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.25 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456775.16503 ± 0.00050 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 14.568101 ± 0.000020 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...39B |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 3785 ± 185 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.13 ± 0.15 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.560 ± 0.100 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.520 ± 0.080 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | c.g.s. | |
| Stellar mean density | 2.8 ± 1.0 ( 4.0 ± 1.4 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0962 +0.0054 −0.0061 | AU |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.220 ± 0.036 ( 2.47 ± 0.40 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 430 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...39B |
K2-26b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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