EPIC 203771098
| Observation data Epoch {{{epoch}}} Equinox | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | {{{constell}}} |
| Right ascension | 16h 10m 18.0s |
| Declination | −24° 59′ 25.0″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.3[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | G3[2] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.12 (± 0.05)[2] M☉ |
| Radius | 1.21 (± 0.11) [2] R☉ |
| Temperature | 5743.0 (± 60.0)[2] K |
| Age | 5.0 (± 1.8)[2] Myr |
EPIC 203771098 commonly shortened to EPIC 2037 is a bright Sun-like G3 type star located 590.343 ly (181 pc) away.[2] The star is known to hosts two sub-Saturn planets, EPIC 2037 b, as well as EPIC 2037 c.
Planetary System
The two sub-Saturn planets are known to have fairly large cores weighing in about 17.6 ± 4.3 Earth-masses for EPIC 2037 b and 16.1 ± 4.2 for EPIC 2037 c.[1]
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | 21.0 ± 5.4 MJ | 0.0775 | 20.8851 (± 0.0003) | 0 | — | 5.68 ± 0.56 R⊕ |
| c | 27.0 ± 6.9 MJ | 0.247 (± 0.004) | 42.3633 (± 0.0006) | 0 | — | 7.82 ± 0.72 R⊕ |
References
- 1 2 3 Petigura, Erik A.; et al. (14 November 2015). "Two Transiting Low Density Sub-Saturns from K2". arXiv:1511.04497. Bibcode:2016ApJ...818...36P. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/818/1/36. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Exoplanet.eu EPIC 203771098
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