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 | 2457394.00907 ± 0.00068 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 0.5713127 ± 0.0000055 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2024MNRAS.529..141G |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5578 ± 46 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.005 ± 0.059 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.913 ± 0.024 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.990 ± 0.012 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.408 ± 0.017 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.03 ± 0.10 ( 1.45 ± 0.14 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.01314 +0.00032 −0.00034 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0245 ± 0.0022 ( 7.79 ± 0.70 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.1495 ± 0.0033 ( 1.676 ± 0.037 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 2275 +36 −32 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2024MNRAS.529..141G |
K2-106b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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