TEPCat: Kepler-1051b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1051b. 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 19 40 37.94 h m s
Declination +40 53 55.8 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 295.15808 degrees
Declination (decimal) 40.89883 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 13.24 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 12.01 mag
Transit duration 0.2614
( 6.274 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.04 %
Time of mid-transit   2454971.96908 ± 0.00300     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 25.9619007 ± 0.0000962 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 6675 +271 −223 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   0.04 +0.13 −0.17 dex
Stellar mass 1.430 +0.220 −0.050   Msun
Stellar radius 1.730 +0.620 −0.340 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.120 +0.140 −0.210 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.290 +0.053 −0.065
( 3.25 +0.59 −0.73 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 850 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-1051b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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