This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-436c. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2016ApJ...822...86M | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2016 / 5 / 10 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 20 06 52.98 | h m s |
| Declination | +44 24 43.4 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 301.72075 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 44.41206 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 16.24 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.33 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1596 ( 3.830 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.10 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454967.04170 ± 0.00500 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 16.7971626 ± 0.0000955 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4685 +202 −161 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.02 +0.15 −0.16 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.750 +0.050 −0.110 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.710 ± 0.040 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.620 +0.020 −0.040 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.245 +0.012 −0.011 ( 2.75 +0.13 −0.12 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 503 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-436c does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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