This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-156b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2014ApJ...784...45R | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2014 / 3 / 20 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 21 11.16 | h m s |
| Declination | +37 44 58.2 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 290.29650 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 37.74950 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.42 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.15 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0658 ( 1.579 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.07 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455003.88529 ± 0.00089 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 4.973456 ± 0.000008 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5094 ± 100 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.08 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.852 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.807 ± 0.053 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.552 ± 0.150 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 2.288 ± 0.365 ( 3.23 ± 0.52 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.205 ± 0.015 ( 2.30 ± 0.17 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
Kepler-156b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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