This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-59c. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2013MNRAS.428.1077S | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2012 / 8 / 20 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 08 09.48 | h m s |
| Declination | +46 38 24.5 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 287.03950 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 46.64014 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.42 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.92 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1745 ( 4.188 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.03 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454980.75468 ± 0.00378 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 17.976811 ± 0.000115 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6307 ± 200 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.25 ± 0.50 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.091 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.011 ± 0.499 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.468 ± 0.300 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.490 ± 0.445 ( 2.10 ± 0.63 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | 0.0 +1.37 −0.0 ( 0 +435 −0 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.154 ± 0.077 ( 1.73 ± 0.86 ) | 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-59c does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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