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 | 2457070.24341 ± 0.00057 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 10.994748 ± 0.000025 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2021AJ....162..136D |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5926 ± 86 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.053 +0.048 −0.036 | 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 | 0.082 +0.088 −0.056 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.099 ± 0.001 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.037 ± 0.011 ( 11.8 ± 3.5 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.365 +0.015 −0.011 ( 4.09 +0.17 −0.12 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 7.0 ± 2.2 2.8 ± 0.1 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.70 ± 0.25 ( 0.93 ± 0.33 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1021 +21 −20 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2021AJ....162..136D |
K2-79 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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