This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-172b. 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 53 28.42 | h m s |
| Declination | +41 49 18.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 283.36842 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 41.82186 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.70 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.79 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1081 ( 2.594 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.05 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455002.90340 ± 0.00119 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 2.940309 ± 0.000007 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5526 ± 100 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.26 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.995 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.085 ± 0.191 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.375 ± 0.150 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.099 ± 0.454 ( 1.55 ± 0.64 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.210 ± 0.037 ( 2.35 ± 0.41 ) | 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-172b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)