This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system K2-106b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2017AJ....153...82A | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2016 / 11 / 2 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | K2 | |
| Right ascension | 00 52 19.15 | h m s |
| Declination | +10 47 40.9 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 13.07979 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 10.79469 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.10 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.34 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0746 ( 1.790 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.03 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2459473.5712 ± 0.0020 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 0.57130782 ± 0.00000057 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | arXiv:2603.14552 |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5532 ± 74 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.10 ± 0.05 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.94 ± 0.03 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.993 ± 0.008 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.408 ± 0.017 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.03 ± 0.05 ( 1.453 ± 0.071 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.01320 ± 0.00014 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0237 ± 0.0020 ( 7.53 ± 0.64 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.1433 ± 0.0030 ( 1.606 ± 0.034 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 8.04 +0.89 −0.86 ( 10.7 + 1.2 − 1.1 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 2324 ± 35 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | arXiv:2603.14552 |
K2-106b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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