This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system K2-266b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2018AJ....156..245R | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2018 / 6 / 25 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | K2 | |
| Right ascension | 10 31 44.51 | h m s |
| Declination | +00 56 15.3 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 157.93546 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 0.93758 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.81 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 8.90 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.01306 ( 0.3134 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.031 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2457949.6749 ± 0.0031 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 0.658524 ± 0.000017 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2018AJ....156..245R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4285 +49 −57 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.12 +0.40 −0.42 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.686 ± 0.033 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.703 +0.024 −0.022 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.581 +0.032 −0.037 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.98 +0.21 −0.22 ( 2.79 +0.30 −0.31 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.01306 +0.00020 −0.00021 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.036 +0.035 −0.020 ( 11.4 +11.1 −6.4 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.29 +0.16 −0.21 ( 3.3 +1.8 −2.4 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 10.0 +3.8 −2.6 3.0 +0.1 −0.1 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 1.33 +1.43 −0.66 ( 1.76 +1.90 −0.88 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1515 ± 18 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2018AJ....156..245R |
K2-266b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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