This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-186b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2014Sci...344..277Q | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2014 / 4 / 18 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 54 36.65 | h m s |
| Declination | +43 57 18.1 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 298.65271 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 43.95503 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.23 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.61 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0821 ( 1.970 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.05 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454966.3304 ± 0.0013 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 3.8867907 ± 0.0000062 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014Sci...344..277Q |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 3852 ± 64 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.08 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.478 ± 0.055 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.472 ± 0.052 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.770 ± 0.069 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 3.49 +0.63 −0.75 ( 4.92 +0.89 −1.06 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0343 ± 0.0046 | AU |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.095 ± 0.011 ( 1.06 ± 0.12 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2014Sci...344..277Q |
Kepler-186b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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