TEPCat: Kepler-1255b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1255b. 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 40 57.42 h m s
Declination +42 43 35.3 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 295.23925 degrees
Declination (decimal) 42.72647 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 15.40 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 13.69 mag
Transit duration 0.3416
( 8.198 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.04 %
Time of mid-transit   2454965.17691 ± 0.00800     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 36.2920170 ± 0.0003443 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 6018 +135 −187 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   0.02 +0.13 −0.16 dex
Stellar mass 1.080 +0.100 −0.060   Msun
Stellar radius 1.120 +0.310 −0.140 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.370 +0.090 −0.180 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.277 +0.043 −0.059
( 3.10 +0.48 −0.66 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 694 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-1255b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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