This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-126c. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2014ApJ...784...45R | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2014 / 3 / 20 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 17 23.36 | h m s |
| Declination | +44 12 30.6 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 289.34733 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 44.20850 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 10.66 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 9.34 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2283 ( 5.479 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.01 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454973.29159 ± 0.00223 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 21.869741 ± 0.000082 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6239 ± 94 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.14 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.180 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.358 ± 0.024 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.247 ± 0.036 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.665 ± 0.005 ( 0.9383 ± 0.0071 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.141 ± 0.012 ( 1.58 ± 0.13 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
Kepler-126c does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)