TEPCat: Kepler-1050b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1050b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2016ApJ...822...86M  
Date of discovery paper 2016 / 5 / 10 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 18 51 41.99 h m s
Declination +48 37 35.0 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 282.92496 degrees
Declination (decimal) 48.62639 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 13.25 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 11.72 mag
Transit duration 0.1943
( 4.663 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.02 %
Time of mid-transit   2454976.40629 ± 0.00700     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 15.3789014 ± 0.0001383 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 6010 +91 −100 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   0.03 +0.14 −0.17 dex
Stellar mass 1.090 +0.080 −0.040   Msun
Stellar radius 1.130 +0.290 −0.120 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.370 +0.080 −0.180 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.262 +0.034 −0.093
( 2.94 +0.38 −1.04 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1039 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-1050b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2025/08/27           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)