This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-196b. 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 59 52.44 | h m s |
| Declination | +42 04 45.1 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 284.96850 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 42.07919 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.38 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.23 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1256 ( 3.014 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.06 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455006.21817 ± 0.00190 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 20.739886 ± 0.000066 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5128 ± 100 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.06 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.825 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.782 ± 0.056 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.566 ± 0.150 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 2.434 ± 0.397 ( 3.43 ± 0.56 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.170 ± 0.013 ( 1.91 ± 0.15 ) | 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-196b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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