This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system TOI-216b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2019MNRAS.486.4980K | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2019 / 2 / 12 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | TESS | |
| Right ascension | 04 55 55.25 | h m s |
| Declination | −63 15 36.3 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 73.98021 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -63.26008 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.39 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.22 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0895 ( 2.148 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.45 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2458342.4307 ± 0.0027 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 17.0988 ± 0.0007 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2023AJ....165..236M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5026 ± 125 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.32 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.763 ± 0.021 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.757 ± 0.007 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.66 ± 0.20 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.76 ± 0.06 ( 2.483 ± 0.085 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.1593 +0.0021 −0.0019 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.1293 +0.0069 −0.0051 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0554 ± 0.0020 ( 17.61 ± 0.64 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.699 ± 0.019 ( 7.84 ± 0.21 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 0.152 ± 0.013 ( 0.202 ± 0.017 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 630 +13 −11 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2023AJ....165..236M |
TOI-216b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/03/17 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)