TEPCat: Kepler-1438b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1438b. 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 17 09.55 h m s
Declination +40 40 54.0 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 289.28979 degrees
Declination (decimal) 40.68167 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 15.07 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 13.14 mag
Transit duration 0.0663
( 1.591 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.01 %
Time of mid-transit   2454964.93925 ± 0.00500     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 2.3194157 ± 0.0000160 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5530 +57 −67 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   0.20 +0.13 −0.17 dex
Stellar mass 0.970 +0.050 −0.060   Msun
Stellar radius 0.960 +0.190 −0.080 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.460 +0.070 −0.160 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.111 ± 0.018
( 1.24 ± 0.20 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1490 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-1438b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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