TEPCat: Kepler-1408b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1408b. 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 18 50 47.98 h m s
Declination +45 25 32.7 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 282.69992 degrees
Declination (decimal) 45.42575 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 12.09 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 10.69 mag
Transit duration 0.1832
( 4.397 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.01 %
Time of mid-transit   2454964.76579 ± 0.00800     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 2.9979293 ± 0.0000278 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 6170 ± 160 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.00 +0.15 −0.22 dex
Stellar mass 1.210 +0.100 −0.050   Msun
Stellar radius 1.350 ± 0.230 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.250 ± 0.140 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.100 +0.018 −0.027
( 1.12 +0.20 −0.30 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1616 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-1408b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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