TEPCat: Kepler-1270b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1270b. 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 06 51.75 h m s
Declination +48 38 43.0 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 286.71563 degrees
Declination (decimal) 48.64528 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 13.53 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 11.24 mag
Transit duration 0.4187
( 10.049 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.01 %
Time of mid-transit   2454970.12100 ± 0.00700     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 6.0335554 ± 0.0000650 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5047 +40 −34 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.02 +0.11 −0.02 dex
Stellar mass 1.280 +0.010 −0.020   Msun
Stellar radius 3.380 +0.300 −0.410 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 3.490 +0.090 −0.070 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.298 +0.063 −0.051
( 3.34 +0.71 −0.57 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1598 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-1270b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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