This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-26e. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2014ApJ...784...45R | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2014 / 3 / 20 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 18 59 45.83 | h m s |
| Declination | +46 33 59.5 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 284.94096 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 46.56653 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 16.00 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.63 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0868 ( 2.083 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.15 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454969.74318 ± 0.00224 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 46.827915 ± 0.000173 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4486 ± 116 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.21 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.641 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.571 ± 0.027 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.733 ± 0.200 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 4.859 ± 0.445 ( 6.86 ± 0.63 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.215 ± 0.013 ( 2.41 ± 0.15 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
Kepler-26e does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)