This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-170b. 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 | 18 58 05.08 | h m s |
| Declination | +41 37 46.6 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 284.52117 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 41.62961 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.57 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.67 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1533 ( 3.679 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.08 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455002.51582 ± 0.00106 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 7.930592 ± 0.000014 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5679 ± 57 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.47 ± 0.08 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.087 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.035 ± 0.058 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.445 ± 0.100 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.383 ± 0.188 ( 1.95 ± 0.27 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.285 ± 0.020 ( 3.19 ± 0.22 ) | 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-170b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)