This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1240b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| 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 59.93 | h m s |
| Declination | +40 33 26.8 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 282.99971 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 40.55744 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.16 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.36 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0957 ( 2.297 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.01 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454967.01501 ± 0.00400 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 4.8663850 ± 0.0000242 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5682 +103 −117 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.04 +0.14 −0.16 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.980 +0.050 −0.060 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.960 +0.160 −0.080 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.470 +0.060 −0.140 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.118 +0.018 −0.016 ( 1.32 +0.20 −0.18 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1121 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-1240b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)