TEPCat: Kepler-1251b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1251b. 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 28 27.64 h m s
Declination +49 15 23.1 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 292.11517 degrees
Declination (decimal) 49.25642 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 15.13 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 13.27 mag
Transit duration 0.1919
( 4.606 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.04 %
Time of mid-transit   2454966.55146 ± 0.00800     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 45.0909201 ± 0.0004749 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5545 +86 −95 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.04 +0.15 −0.18 dex
Stellar mass 0.920 +0.050 −0.040   Msun
Stellar radius 0.890 +0.120 −0.060 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.510 +0.050 −0.120 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.218 +0.062 −0.021
( 2.44 +0.69 −0.24 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 487 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-1251b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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