This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-462c. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2015ApJ...814...67A | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2015 / 11 / 4 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 59 17.08 | h m s |
| Declination | +43 48 51.4 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 299.82117 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 43.81428 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.63 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.85 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.3 ( 7. ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.05 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455122.87 ± 0.02 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 207.62 ± 0.02 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2020AJ....160..224M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 7500 ± 300 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.05 ± 0.11 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.59 ± 0.08 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.62 ± 0.04 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.22 ± 0.04 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.38 ± 0.04 ( 0.536 ± 0.056 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.11 +0.05 −0.02 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | 0.019 +0.034 −0.015 ( 6.0 +10.8 −4.8 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.36 ± 0.02 ( 4.04 ± 0.22 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 0.3 +0.8 −0.2 ( 0.40 +1.06 −0.27 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2020AJ....160..224M |
Kepler-462c does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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