This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-259c. 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 12 50.87 | h m s |
| Declination | +46 36 54.0 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 288.21196 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 46.61500 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.37 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.55 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1968 ( 4.723 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.09 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455007.22336 ± 0.00267 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 36.924931 ± 0.000181 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5938 ± 200 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.17 ± 0.50 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.000 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.898 ± 0.435 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.532 ± 0.300 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.949 ± 0.598 ( 2.75 ± 0.84 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.241 ± 0.117 ( 2.7 ± 1.3 ) | 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-259c does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)