This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1279b. 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 12 22.95 | h m s |
| Declination | +40 21 57.5 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 288.09562 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 40.36597 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.08 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.62 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2806 ( 6.734 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.01 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454978.36410 ± 0.01000 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 23.4772553 ± 0.0002525 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6221 +98 −110 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.06 +0.13 −0.14 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.210 +0.190 −0.060 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.330 +0.620 −0.190 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.260 +0.120 −0.260 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.120 +0.037 −0.016 ( 1.35 +0.41 −0.18 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 738 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-1279b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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