This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system K2-240c. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2018MNRAS.480L...1D | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2018 / 6 / 5 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | K2 | |
| Right ascension | 15 11 23.91 | h m s |
| Declination | −17 52 30.8 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 227.84963 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -17.87522 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.39 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 9.56 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.133 ( 3.19 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.098 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2458005.722 ± -1 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 20.523 ± 0.001 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2018MNRAS.480L...1D |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 3810 ± 17 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | dex | |
| Stellar mass | 0.58 ± 0.01 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.54 ± 0.01 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.7 ± 0.1 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.161 +0.027 −0.009 ( 1.80 +0.30 −0.10 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 389 +19 −17 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2018MNRAS.480L...1D |
K2-240c does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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