This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system K2-43b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2016ApJS..226....7C | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2016 / 7 / 19 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | K2 | |
| Right ascension | 11 16 28.11 | h m s |
| Declination | −03 58 31.6 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 169.11713 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -3.97544 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.60 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.57 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.095 ( 2.28 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.6 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2456809.8843 ± 0.0007 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 3.471149 ± 0.000078 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2019ApJ...880L...5H |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 3841 +99 −50 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | dex | |
| Stellar mass | 0.571 +0.111 −0.055 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.542 +0.049 −0.022 | 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 | 0.402 +0.039 −0.017 ( 4.51 +0.44 −0.19 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 939 +38 −19 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2019ApJ...880L...5H |
K2-43b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/03/12 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)