TEPCat: Kepler-1276b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1276b. 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 11 25.67 h m s
Declination +40 32 49.8 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 287.85696 degrees
Declination (decimal) 40.54717 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 12.98 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 11.64 mag
Transit duration 0.1985
( 4.764 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.01 %
Time of mid-transit   2454976.06630 ± 0.01300     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 12.5722897 ± 0.0001950 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 6188 +65 −55 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.02 +0.08 −0.10 dex
Stellar mass 1.140 +0.050 −0.040   Msun
Stellar radius 1.210 +0.140 −0.100 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.330 +0.070 −0.090 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.097 +0.017 −0.012
( 1.09 +0.19 −0.13 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 886 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-1276b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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