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K2-79 Overview

K2-79 1.28 R⦿ 5926.00 K
K2-79 b
0.370 RJup

K2-79 Architecture & Discovery Information

Name Orbital Separation Planet Size Method Year Reference Disposition
K2-79
K2-79 b 11 d 4.15 R⨁ Transit 2016 Crossfield et al. 2016 Confirmed Planet
RA
03h41m01.42s
Dec
+13d31m09.07s
Distance
256.011+2.349-2.307
pc
Parallax
3.8775000±0.0352454 mas
Ecliptic Latitude
-5.93029 deg
Ecliptic Longitude
56.14053 deg
Galactic Latitude
-32.1709 deg
Galactic Longitude
173.69037 deg
Total Proper Motion
42.0007150±0.0520428 mas/yr
Proper Motion (RA)
7.9232600±0.0703964 mas/yr
Proper Motion (Dec)
-41.2466000±0.0512399 mas/yr
Photometry
mV
12.152±0.034
mTESS
11.2235±0.0060
mJ
10.358±0.022
mH
9.9980±0.0190
mKs
9.907±0.018
mKep
11.801
mW1
9.830±0.022
mW2
9.861±0.021
mW3
9.796±0.055
mW4
8.897
mGaia
11.803100±0.000328
mB
12.893±0.023
Abundances
(Hypatia Catalog)
[Fe/H] 0.00±0.01 dex
[C/H] 0.09±0.03 dex
[Na/H] -0.10±0.03 dex
[Mg/H] 0.07±0.03 dex
[Al/H] 0.01±0.11 dex
[Si/H] -0.02±0.05 dex
[Ca/H] 0.01±0.06 dex
[BaII/H] -0.03±0.19 dex
Mission
K2 : Observed in Campaign 4
Tools
Planetary Systems
ExoFOP Target Overview Page
IRSA Finding Chart
TOI
K2 Names
K2 Planets and Candidates
K2 Targets
Stellar Hosts
K2 Time Series
Source Howard et al. 2025 Bonomo et al. 2023 Nava et al. 2022 Duck et al. 2021 TICv8 Gaia DR2 Mayo et al. 2018 Crossfield et al. 2016 Kruse et al. 2019 ExoFOP
Teff
(K)
5853.0±100.0 5897±118 5897±118 5926±86
5294.000+304.831-314.607
4982.5776+13.4224-23.6723
 5839.0±51.0 5926±86 --- 5294.000±309.719
M✶
(M⦿)
1.01±0.05
1.066+0.057-0.070
 1.06±0.05 1.0600±0.0400
0.9100000+0.1391450-0.1210470
 ---
1.061950 +0.029300-0.026488
1.060±0.040 --- ---
R✶
(R⦿)
1.247±0.045
1.265+0.041-0.027
 1.269±0.051
1.247+0.077-0.072
1.3341700+0.0874879-0.0720297
1.3704360+0.0131154-0.0073538
1.038427 +0.091870-0.050445
1.28±0.12
1.3704 +0.0074-0.0131
1.33416998386383±0.07975880000000
log g
(log10(cm/s2))
4.180±0.081 --- 4.26±0.01 4.2490±0.0730
4.1466900+0.0964472-0.0964741
 --- 4.41±0.1 4.249±0.073 --- 4.1466900±0.0964606
L✶
(log10(L⦿))
--- ---
0.246+0.015-0.018
 ---
0.1002516+0.0871935-0.0530437
0.018228550+0.005960317-0.006043256
 --- --- --- ---
γ
(km/s)
--- --- --- --- --- -10.629978644721831±0.880530375353702 --- --- --- ---
Metallicity
(dex)
-0.0±0.0 [Fe/H] 0.035±0.060 [Fe/H] 0.035±0.060 [Fe/H] --- --- --- 0.2±0.08 [Fe/H] --- --- ---
ρ✶
(g/cm3)
--- --- 0.73±0.03 ---
0.5402257+0.1698657-0.1359909
 --- --- --- --- ---
Age
(Gyr)
--- 6.5±1.3 6.5±1.3 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
v sin i
(km/s)
1.9±1.0 --- 2.7±0.5 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
S Index
0.1414 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
CAII LOG RHK
-5.129 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Sp. T
--- --- G1 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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Status
Confirmed Planet
Detected By
Radial Velocity, Transit
Tools
Planetary Systems
Transit Prediction Service
TOI
K2 Names
K2 Planets and Candidates
Transit
Source Palethorpe et al. 2026 Howard et al. 2025 Bonomo et al. 2023 Nava et al. 2022 Duck et al. 2021 Mayo et al. 2018 Crossfield et al. 2016 Kruse et al. 2019 ExoFOP
Teq
(K)
1033+30-31
925.0+25.0-24.0
 1022±20
1021+21-20
 --- --- --- --- 699.156352969396
b
0.4589+0.1414-0.1760
 --- ---
0.46+0.15-0.16
 0.68±0.02 --- --- --- ---
S
(S⨁)
---
174.0+20.0-18.0
 181±15 180±8 --- --- 186±36 --- 56.47005813511
Mp
(M⨁)
5.9±2.6
3.8+4.3-4.2
 9.20±2.40 11.8±3.6 --- --- --- --- ---
Mp
(MJup)
0.019±0.008
0.012+0.014-0.013
 0.0289±0.0076 0.0371±0.0113 --- --- --- --- ---
i
(deg)
88.42+0.58-0.48
 --- 88.44±0.44 88.44±0.44 ---
88.635233 +0.984671-1.664031
--- --- ---
P
(days)
10.995039+0.000013-0.000016
 10.99497±0.00045 10.99470±0.00047
10.99470+0.00031-0.00047
 10.994748±0.000025
10.993948 +0.000600-0.000627
10.99573±0.00070 10.99501±0.00034 21.9903619373797±0.0002585418700
ρ
(g/cm3)
0.4769+0.2332-0.2216
 0.3±0.4
0.73+0.21-0.20
 0.94±0.33 --- --- --- --- ---
Rp
(R⨁)
4.15+0.19-0.18
3.99+0.11-0.07
4.09+0.17-0.12
4.09+0.17-0.12
4.05+0.25-0.23
3.14685573215 +0.328737174766-0.181109831478
3.69±0.39
4.55 +0.11-0.31
4.60346552374556±3.84160660000000
Rp
(RJup)
0.370+0.017-0.016
0.356+0.010-0.006
0.365+0.015-0.011
0.365+0.015-0.011
0.361+0.022-0.021
0.2807436642 +0.0293279663-0.0161575369
0.329±0.035
0.406 +0.0098-0.028
 0.410694392911709±0.342725775234853
Rp/R✶
0.0300+0.0019-0.0018
 --- ---
0.02948+0.00094-0.00037
0.02968+0.00028-0.00022
0.027782 +0.001543-0.000857
0.0261±0.0012
0.03045 +0.00073-0.00203
---
δ
(%)
--- --- ---
0.0869+0.0057-0.0022
 0.0880±0.0016 --- --- 0.105±0.0019 0.112230210888484±0.013249200000000
T14
(hours)
4.5655+0.4295-0.5082
 --- ---
4.546+0.062-0.070
 --- --- 4.420±0.088
4.48560+0.05760-0.08400
 3.87323814310393±1.27113910000000
TC
(days)
2459917.9583+0.0033-0.0040
(BJD)
2457070.2428±0.0015
(BJD)
2457103.22750±0.00084
(BJD-TDB)
2457103.22750+0.00076-0.00084
(BJD)
2457070.24341±0.00057
(BJD-TDB)
2457070.24651 +0.001989-0.001982
2457070.2410±0.0023
(BJD-TDB)
2457070.2428±0.0010
(BJD)
2459456.13859200±0.00496792
(BJD)
a
(au)
0.09870+0.00150-0.00160
 ---
0.09880+0.00170-0.00230
 --- --- --- 0.0987±0.0012 --- ---
a/R✶
16.9+1.0-1.1
 --- --- ---
13.22+0.36-0.38
17.737717 +1.643751-4.100499
---
18.1 +2.8-1.2
---
e
0.032+0.057-0.025
 --- <0.23 --- --- --- --- --- ---
K
(m/s)
1.62±0.73 --- 2.63±0.69 --- --- --- --- --- ---
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1 K2 Targets
2 2MASS Point Source Catalog
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1 K2 Time Series
1 Associated Literature Data
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