This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-261b. 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 25 27.55 | h m s |
| Declination | +37 36 33.0 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 291.36479 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 37.60917 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.80 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.58 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1150 ( 2.760 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.08 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455101.02361 ± 0.00075 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 10.381227 ± 0.000016 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5098 ± 100 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.03 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.839 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.794 ± 0.050 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.561 ± 0.150 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 2.366 ± 0.375 ( 3.34 ± 0.53 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.194 ± 0.012 ( 2.17 ± 0.13 ) | 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-261b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)