TEPCat: K2-237


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system K2-237. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2018MNRAS.478.5356S  
Date of discovery paper 2018 / 1 / 25 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery K2  
Right ascension 16 55 04.53 h m s
Declination −28 42 38.0 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 253.76888 degrees
Declination (decimal) -28.71056 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 11.60 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 10.22 mag
Transit duration 0.1260
( 3.024 )
day
hour
Transit depth 1.5 %
Time of mid-transit   2457706.61618 ± 0.00003     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 2.18053332 ± 0.00000054 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2023AJ....165..155T  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 6099 ± 110 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.00 ± 0.08 dex
Stellar mass 1.23 ± 0.05   Msun
Stellar radius 1.38 ± 0.04 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.27 ± 0.12 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 0.470 ± 0.028
( 0.663 ± 0.040 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.0  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.0352 ± 0.0010  AU
Planetary mass 1.236 ± 0.044
( 392 ± 13 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 1.642 ± 0.050
( 18.41 ± 0.56 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 0.279 ± 0.027
( 0.370 ± 0.036 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1838 ± 38 K
Reference of detailed study 2019AcA....69..135S  

 

K2-237 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2024/11/22           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)