This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-120b. 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 | 19 11 33.99 | h m s |
| Declination | +39 20 20.9 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 287.89163 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 39.33914 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.09 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.30 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1212 ( 2.909 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.13 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454965.65419 ± 0.00084 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 6.312501 ± 0.000008 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4096 ± 150 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.17 ± 0.15 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.559 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.534 ± 0.028 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.732 ± 0.200 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 5.177 ± 0.514 ( 7.30 ± 0.73 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.192 ± 0.015 ( 2.15 ± 0.17 ) | 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-120b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)