This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1256b. 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 | 19 25 53.83 | h m s |
| Declination | +44 41 00.6 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 291.47429 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 44.68350 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.64 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.23 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1791 ( 4.298 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.01 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454973.35679 ± 0.00700 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 12.4128518 ± 0.0000994 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6129 +68 −69 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.05 +0.09 −0.08 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.170 +0.090 −0.010 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.360 +0.270 −0.190 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.230 +0.120 −0.130 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.134 +0.021 −0.024 ( 1.50 +0.24 −0.27 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 933 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-1256b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)