This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system K2-138c. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2018AJ....155...57C | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2018 / 1 / 12 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | K2 | |
| Right ascension | 23 15 47.77 | h m s |
| Declination | −10 50 58.9 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 348.94904 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -10.84969 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.21 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.31 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0970 ( 2.328 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.05 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2457740.3217 ± 0.0003 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 3.559823 ± 0.000050 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2024A+A...688A.192V |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5275 ± 67 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.06 ± 0.05 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.862 ± 0.034 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.845 ± 0.006 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.51 ± 0.03 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.429 ± 0.064 ( 2.016 ± 0.090 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0010 +0.0020 −0.0007 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.04461 +0.00030 −0.00038 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0148 +0.0007 −0.0009 ( 4.70 +0.22 −0.29 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.1971 +0.0038 −0.0040 ( 2.209 +0.043 −0.045 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 | |
| Planetary mean density | 1.81 +0.18 −0.15 ( 2.40 +0.24 −0.20 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1140 +21 −17 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2026A+A...711A.221L |
K2-138c does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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