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K2-66 Overview

K2-66 1.71 R⦿ 5958.00 K
K2-66 b
0.222 RJup

K2-66 Architecture & Discovery Information

Name Orbital Separation Planet Size Method Year Reference Disposition
K2-66
K2-66 b 5.07 d 2.49 R⨁ Transit 2016 Crossfield et al. 2016 Confirmed Planet
K2-66 b
RA
22h06m06.40s
Dec
-10d42m41.53s
Distance
513.877+24.123-22.087
pc
Parallax
1.9214800±0.0866516 mas
Ecliptic Latitude
.90579 deg
Ecliptic Longitude
329.74551 deg
Galactic Latitude
-47.84963 deg
Galactic Longitude
47.69523 deg
Total Proper Motion
8.0843165±0.1942757 mas/yr
Proper Motion (RA)
-4.321920±0.226002 mas/yr
Proper Motion (Dec)
-6.83207±0.18002 mas/yr
Photometry
mV
11.710±0.026
mTESS
11.5706±0.0083
mJ
10.948±0.023
mH
10.664±0.026
mKs
10.609±0.021
mKep
12.051
mW1
10.586±0.023
mW2
10.609±0.021
mW3
10.611±0.099
mW4
8.909
mGaia
11.996100±0.000242
mB
12.301±0.375
Mission
K2 : Observed in Campaign 3
Tools
Planetary Systems
ExoFOP Target Overview Page
IRSA Finding Chart
K2 Names
K2 Planets and Candidates
K2 Targets
Stellar Hosts
K2 Time Series
Source Howard et al. 2025 TICv8 Gaia DR2 Sinukoff et al. 2017 Crossfield et al. 2016 Vanderburg et al. 2016
Teff
(K)
5865.0±100.0
5961.000+128.866-128.957
5774.75+102.45-273.95
 5887±46 5958±75 6490
M✶
(M⦿)
1.06±0.07
1.090000+0.136653-0.131197
 --- 1.11±0.04 1.160±0.050 ---
R✶
(R⦿)
1.79±0.10
1.725600+0.089405-0.137736
1.7893337+0.1826620-0.0618389
 1.67±0.12 1.71±0.14 1.59
log g
(log10(cm/s2))
3.99±0.08
4.0016100+0.0866091-0.0919976
 --- 4.03±0.05 4.035±0.059 ---
Metallicity
(dex)
-0.050±0.044 [Fe/H] --- --- -0.047±0.020 [Fe/H] --- ---
v sin i
(km/s)
4.0±1.0 --- --- 3.7±2.0 --- ---
L✶
(log10(L⦿))
---
0.5298524+0.0453269-0.0430231
0.50621014+0.02340307-0.02473640
 --- --- ---
γ
(km/s)
--- --- 46.23522873900154±1.56090070067183 --- --- ---
ρ✶
(g/cm3)
---
0.2990679+0.0944379-0.0610662
 --- --- --- ---
S Index
0.1276 --- --- --- --- ---
CAII LOG RHK
-5.267 --- --- --- --- ---
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Status
Confirmed Planet
Detected By
Radial Velocity, Transit
Tools
Planetary Systems
Transit Prediction Service
K2 Names
K2 Planets and Candidates
Transit
Source Sinukoff et al. 2017 Howard et al. 2025 Crossfield et al. 2016 Vanderburg et al. 2016
Teq
(K)
1372±51 1427.0±51.0 --- ---
S
(S⨁)
840±125
980.0+150.0-130.0
 897.0±156.0 ---
Mp
(M⨁)
21.3±3.6 16.0±4.0 --- ---
Mp
(MJup)
0.0670±0.0113 0.0503±0.0126 --- ---
P
(days)
5.06963±0.00081 5.06939±0.00053 5.06965±0.00080 5.0689232
ρ
(g/cm3)
7.80±2.70 3.0±1.0 --- ---
Rp
(R⨁)
2.49+0.34-0.24
2.75+0.16-0.10
 2.49±0.27 2.93
Rp
(RJup)
0.222+0.030-0.021
0.245+0.014-0.009
 0.222±0.024 0.261
TC
(days)
--- 2456984.0075±0.0037
(BJD)
2456984.0090±0.0050
(BJD-TDB)
2456984.010
(BJD)
Rp/R✶
0.01353+0.00174-0.00080
 --- 0.01324±0.00092 0.01563
a
(au)
0.05983±0.00072 --- 0.06069±0.00087 ---
T14
(hours)
4.71+0.45-0.26
 --- 4.40±0.15 4.34000
b
0.47±0.31 --- --- 0.14
δ
(%)
--- --- --- 0.0288
a/R✶
7.8740+0.8980-2.1600
 --- --- ---
e
0 --- --- ---
i
(deg)
86.6+2.4-4.4
 --- --- ---
K
(m/s)
7.4±1.2 --- --- ---
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Known Objects
1 Confirmed Planets
1 K2 Targets
1 2MASS Point Source Catalog
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1 K2 Time Series
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