K2-18 Overview

K2-18 0.40 R⦿ 3496.00 K
K2-18 c
K2-18 b
0.211 RJup
Architecture
K2-18
K2-18
K2-18 c
K2-18 b
Discovery Data
Host Planet Method Year Reference Disposition
K2-18 K2-18 c Radial Velocity 2017 Cloutier et al. 2017 Confirmed Planet
K2-18 K2-18 b Transit 2015 Montet et al. 2015 Confirmed Planet
K2-18 K2-18 c K2-18 b
  • Equilibrium temperature was calculated assuming a Bond albedo of 0.3. Time of inferior conjunction entered under mid-transit time. (Cloutier et al. 2017)
RA
11h30m14.43s
Dec
+07d35m16.19s
Distance
38.02660±0.07955 pc
Parallax
26.2686000±0.0545906 mas
Ecliptic Latitude
4.01942 deg
Ecliptic Longitude
170.16732 deg
Galactic Latitude
62.57509 deg
Galactic Longitude
254.63265 deg
Total Proper Motion
155.5222618±0.0691090 mas/yr
Proper Motion (RA)
-80.3765000±0.0834003 mas/yr
Proper Motion (Dec)
-133.142000±0.063101 mas/yr
Photometry
mV
13.477±0.042
mTESS
11.2373000±0.0073698
mJ
9.763±0.028
mH
9.135±0.026
mKs
8.899±0.019
mKep
12.473
mW1
8.769±0.023
mW2
8.668±0.020
mW3
8.552±0.025
mW4
8.587±0.379
mGaia
12.415400±0.000502
mB
14.991±0.032
mg
15.1354000±0.0045191
mi
11.8579000±0.0008067
mr
13.0855000±0.0021847
mu
16.7222000±0.0085568
mz
11.5166000±0.0043013
Abundances
(Hypatia Catalog)
[Fe/H] -0.02±0.04 dex
Source Benneke et al. 2019 TICv8 Gaia DR2 Sarkis et al. 2018 Cloutier et al. 2017 Benneke et al. 2017 Crossfield et al. 2016 Montet et al. 2015 Kruse et al. 2019 ExoFOP-TESS TOI Barros et al. 2016 Vanderburg et al. 2016 Show Candidate Solutions >> << Hide Candidate Solutions
Teff
(K)
3457±39 3464.0±157.0
3856.180+289.595-245.180
3457±39 3457±39 3457±39 3496±91 3503±60 --- 3464±157 --- 3440
M
(M⦿)
0.4951±0.0043 0.440668±0.020249 --- 0.359±0.047 0.359±0.047 0.359±0.047 0.420±0.070 0.413±0.043 --- --- --- ---
R
(R⦿)
0.4445±0.0148 0.4445160±0.0131784 --- 0.411±0.038 0.411±0.038 0.411±0.038 0.400±0.060 0.394±0.038
0.249 +0.050-0.027
0.444516003131866±0.013178400000000 --- 0.36
log g
(log10(cm/s2))
--- 4.7864000±0.0057881 --- --- --- --- 4.858±0.062 --- --- 4.78640000±0.00578809 --- ---
Metallicity
(dex)
--- --- --- 0.12±0.16 [Fe/H] --- 0.123±0.157 [Fe/H] --- 0.090±0.090 [Fe/H] --- --- --- ---
ρ
(g/cm3)
--- 7.0731831±0.3041996 --- --- --- 7.87±1.26 --- --- --- --- --- ---
Sp. T
--- --- --- --- --- M2.5 V --- --- --- --- --- ---
γ
(km/s)
--- --- --- --- 0.6537±0.0009 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Prot
(days)
--- --- --- 39.63±0.50 38.6±0.5 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
L
(log10(L⦿))
-1.60+0.03-0.04
-1.59122+0.09407-0.12025
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Status
Confirmed Planet
Controversial
Detected By
Radial Velocity
Source Cloutier et al. 2017
Teq
(K)
363±14
Mp sin i
(M)
7.51±1.33
Mp sin i
(MJup)
0.0236±0.0042
e
<0.47
P
(days)
8.962±0.008
K
(m/s)
4.63±0.72
a
(au)
0.060±0.003
Source Sarkis et al. 2018 Benneke et al. 2019 Cloutier et al. 2017 Benneke et al. 2017 Crossfield et al. 2016 Montet et al. 2015 Kruse et al. 2019 ExoFOP-TESS TOI Barros et al. 2016 Vanderburg et al. 2016 Show Candidate Solutions >> << Hide Candidate Solutions
Teq
(K)
284±15 254.9±3.9 235±9 --- --- 272±15 --- 260.43958938777 --- ---
S
(S)
---
1.005+0.084-0.079
---
1.05+0.22-0.20
0.950±0.320 --- --- 1.08729905250563 --- ---
P
(days)
32.939623+0.000095-0.000100
32.940045±0.000010 32.93963±0.00010
32.939614+0.000101-0.000084
32.9418±0.0021 32.94488±0.00281
32.94171 +0.00080-0.00084
32.9381557116336±0.0031239537000 32.92801934 32.947328
Rp
(R)
2.37±0.22 2.610±0.087 2.38±0.22
2.279+0.026-0.025
2.28±0.36 2.24±0.23
1.40 +0.29-0.18
2.53224082503662±0.80855167000000 --- 2.17
Rp
(RJup)
0.211±0.020 0.2328±0.0078 0.212±0.020
0.2033+0.0023-0.0022
0.203±0.032 0.200±0.021
0.12 +0.026-0.016
0.225911783846378±0.072134272655140 --- 0.194
δ
(%)
--- --- --- --- --- 0.285
0.3098 +0.0062-0.0065
0.321785640649977±0.025311072000000 0.354±0.021 0.311
T14
(hours)
--- --- ---
2.663+0.023-0.027
2.682±0.000 ---
2.62800+0.05520-0.06720
2.29320234488289±0.40400365000000
3.77600+0.25600-0.25600
2.97000
TC
(days)
2457264.39144±0.00065
2457725.551189+0.000067-0.000068
2457264.39157±0.00059
2457264.39144+0.00059-0.00066
2456836.1719±0.0011 2456836.1849±0.0027
2456836.17194 +0.00059-0.00064
2459537.24962400±0.00227622 2456836.179795 2456836.171
Rp/R
--- 0.05375±0.00012 ---
0.05295+0.00061-0.00059
0.0517±0.0021 ---
0.0517 +0.0017-0.0038
--- --- 0.05389
a
(au)
0.1429+0.0060-0.0065
0.15910+0.00046-0.00047
0.143±0.006
0.1429+0.0060-0.0065
0.1506±0.0084 0.1491±0.0055 --- --- --- ---
Mp
(M)
8.920+1.700-1.600
8.63±1.35 7.96±1.91 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Mp
(MJup)
0.02807+0.00535-0.00503
0.0272±0.0042 0.0250±0.0060 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
e
0.20±0.08 --- <0.43 0 --- --- --- --- --- ---
i
(deg)
--- ---
89.5785+0.0079-0.0088
89.5785+0.0079-0.0088
--- --- --- --- --- ---
ρ
(g/cm3)
4.11+1.72-1.18
2.67+0.52-0.47
3.3±1.2 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
K
(m/s)
3.55+0.57-0.58
--- 3.18±0.71 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
b
--- 0.641±0.015 ---
0.601+0.013-0.011
--- --- --- --- --- 0.68
a/R
--- --- --- --- --- 83.83±9.03
94.3 +14.6-6.6
--- --- ---
ω
(deg)
-5.70+46.40-33.80
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Known Objects
2 Confirmed Planets
1 K2 Targets
2 2MASS Point Source Catalog
Data Files
1 K2 Time Series
2 Associated Literature Data
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