This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system NGTS-16. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2021MNRAS.504.6018T | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2021 / 3 / 19 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | NGTS | |
| Right ascension | 03 53 03.34 | h m s |
| Declination | −30 48 16.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 58.26392 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -30.80464 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.36 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.65 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1275 ( 3.060 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.9 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2458435.6054 ± 0.0013 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 4.84532 ± 0.00002 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2021MNRAS.504.6018T |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5550 ± 150 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.35 ± 0.1 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.002 ± 0.031 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.21 ± 0.10 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.35 +0.18 −0.16 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0523 ± 0.0064 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.67 +0.16 −0.13 ( 212 +50 −41 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.30 +0.13 −0.12 ( 14.6 + 1.5 − 1.3 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 0.29 +0.14 −0.09 ( 0.38 +0.19 −0.12 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1177 ± 59 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2021MNRAS.504.6018T |
NGTS-16 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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