TEPCat: Kepler-1238b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1238b. 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 51 37.39 h m s
Declination +40 09 46.3 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 297.90579 degrees
Declination (decimal) 40.16286 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 14.88 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 13.26 mag
Transit duration 0.1595
( 3.828 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.01 %
Time of mid-transit   2454968.53291 ± 0.00800     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 4.1478905 ± 0.0000341 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 6386 +341 −299 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   0.05 +0.13 −0.14 dex
Stellar mass 1.300 +0.240 −0.040   Msun
Stellar radius 1.480 +0.650 −0.320 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.210 +0.150 −0.240 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.172 +0.033 −0.027
( 1.93 +0.37 −0.30 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1389 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-1238b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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