This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1278b. 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 | 18 51 49.66 | h m s |
| Declination | +42 49 32.2 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 282.95692 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 42.82561 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.78 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.27 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1070 ( 2.568 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.01 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454966.98383 ± 0.00400 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 3.2394177 ± 0.0000160 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6074 +112 −128 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.02 +0.13 −0.16 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.110 +0.110 −0.070 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.160 +0.350 −0.130 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.350 +0.090 −0.190 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.069 +0.019 −0.006 ( 0.773 +0.213 −0.067 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1213 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-1278b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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