This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-79b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2013ApJS..208...22X | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2012 / 8 / 17 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 20 02 04.11 | h m s |
| Declination | +44 22 53.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 300.51713 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 44.38158 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.03 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.61 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.229 ( 5.50 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.067 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455684.307 ± 0.002 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 13.4845 ± 0.0002 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...785...15J |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6174 +83 −117 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | dex | |
| Stellar mass | 1.165 +0.044 −0.045 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.302 +0.026 −0.027 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.274 +0.012 −0.013 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.525 +0.018 −0.024 ( 0.741 +0.025 −0.034 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.015 +0.012 −0.006 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.117 ± 0.002 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.034 +0.023 −0.019 ( 10.8 +7.3 −6.0 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.310 ± 0.006 ( 3.475 ± 0.067 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 1.08 +0.73 −0.59 ( 1.43 +0.97 −0.78 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2014ApJ...785...15J |
Kepler-79b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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