TEPCat: Kepler-1215b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1215b. 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 49 51.26 h m s
Declination +48 10 53.0 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 297.46358 degrees
Declination (decimal) 48.18139 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 14.62 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 12.71 mag
Transit duration 0.0839
( 2.014 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.02 %
Time of mid-transit   2454965.69368 ± 0.00400     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 4.7670276 ± 0.0000246 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5616 +93 −130 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   0.01 +0.14 −0.16 dex
Stellar mass 0.950 +0.040 −0.070   Msun
Stellar radius 0.930 +0.130 −0.070 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.480 +0.060 −0.120 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.106 +0.028 −0.015
( 1.19 +0.31 −0.17 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1046 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-1215b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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