This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-251b. 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 46 15.89 | h m s |
| Declination | +44 06 21.1 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 296.56621 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 44.10586 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.42 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.63 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1127 ( 2.705 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.02 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454969.31148 ± 0.00458 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 4.790936 ± 0.000037 | 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]) | −0.18 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.876 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.890 ± 0.155 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.486 ± 0.150 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.754 ± 0.544 ( 2.47 ± 0.77 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.119 ± 0.021 ( 1.33 ± 0.24 ) | 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-251b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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