This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1421b. 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 06 19.34 | h m s |
| Declination | +48 32 39.0 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 286.58058 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 48.54417 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.86 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.55 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1971 ( 4.730 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.01 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454971.42190 ± 0.01900 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 6.9131732 ± 0.0001679 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6335 +73 −69 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.05 ± 0.09 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.250 +0.090 −0.100 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.420 +0.290 −0.160 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.230 +0.090 −0.130 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.081 +0.014 −0.012 ( 0.91 +0.16 −0.13 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1209 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-1421b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)