This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Qatar-6. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2018AJ....155...52A | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2017 / 12 / 11 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Qatar | |
| Right ascension | 14 48 50.48 | h m s |
| Declination | +22 09 09.1 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 222.21033 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 22.15253 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.44 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 9.23 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0682 ( 1.637 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 1.8 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2457784.03270 ± 0.00049 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 3.506195 ± 0.000018 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2018AJ....155...52A |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5063 ± 42 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.04 ± 0.05 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.829 +0.019 −0.022 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.785 +0.033 −0.023 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.56 +0.03 −0.04 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 2.18 ± 0.11 ( 3.08 ± 0.16 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.051 +0.032 −0.030 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0423 ± 0.0004 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.683 +0.050 −0.046 ( 217 +15 −14 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.164 +0.063 −0.047 ( 13.05 + 0.71 − 0.53 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 14.5 +2.5 −2.1 3.16 +0.07 −0.07 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.51 ± 0.11 ( 0.68 ± 0.15 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1006 ± 18 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2023AJ....165...65R |
| Reference | λ (degrees) |
|---|---|
| Rice et al. (2023) | 0.1 ± 2.6 |
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