This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-246b. 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 | 19 45 56.02 | h m s |
| Declination | +42 39 48.3 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 296.48342 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 42.66342 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.27 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.03 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0928 ( 2.227 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.07 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455002.97887 ± 0.00096 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 4.601820 ± 0.000008 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5206 ± 200 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.14 ± 0.50 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.905 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.831 ± 0.422 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.557 ± 0.300 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 2.225 ± 0.864 ( 3.1 ± 1.2 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.209 ± 0.107 ( 2.3 ± 1.2 ) | 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-246b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)