This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system K2-79. 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 | 03 41 01.42 | h m s |
| Declination | +13 31 09.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 55.25592 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 13.51936 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.07 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 9.90 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1894 ( 4.546 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.08 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2459917.9583 ± 0.0039 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 10.995039 ± 0.000015 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | arXiv:2603.14552 |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5897 ± 118 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.035 +0.060 −0.006 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.06 ± 0.05 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.269 ± 0.051 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.26 ± 0.01 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.52 ± 0.02 ( 0.734 ± 0.028 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.032 +0.057 −0.025 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0987 +0.0015 −0.0016 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0186 ± 0.0082 ( 5.9 ± 2.6 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.370 +0.017 −0.016 ( 4.15 +0.19 −0.18 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 7.0 ± 2.2 2.8 ± 0.1 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.36 +0.18 −0.17 ( 0.48 +0.24 −0.23 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1033 +30 −31 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | arXiv:2603.14552 |
K2-79 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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