This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-188b. 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 45 07.13 | h m s |
| Declination | +44 18 55.9 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 281.27971 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 44.31553 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.82 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.14 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0746 ( 1.790 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.02 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454966.19858 ± 0.00270 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 2.061897 ± 0.000010 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6021 ± 200 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.13 ± 0.50 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.051 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.141 ± 0.514 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.346 ± 0.300 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.998 ± 0.394 ( 1.41 ± 0.56 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.150 ± 0.068 ( 1.68 ± 0.76 ) | 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-188b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)