This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-26b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2012MNRAS.421.2342S | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2012 / 1 / 27 | y / m / d |
| Right ascension | 18 59 45.83 | h m s |
| Declination | +46 33 59.5 | d m s |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 16.00 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.63 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1159 ( 2.782 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.28 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455003.39854 ± 0.00061 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 12.282972 ± 0.000013 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 3914 ± 119 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.015 ± 0.004 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.544 ± 0.025 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.512 ± 0.017 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | c.g.s. | |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0855 ± 0.0039 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0161 ± 0.0020 ( 5.12 ± 0.64 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.248 ± 0.010 ( 2.78 ± 0.11 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 0.95 +0.16 −0.14 ( 1.26 +0.21 −0.19 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...820...39J |
Kepler-26b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Kepler-26b has not been analysed as part of the Homogeneous Studies of Transiting Extrasolar Planets project.
Page generated on 2021/01/04 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)