This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-472b. 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 | 19 46 05.83 | h m s |
| Declination | +39 14 59.1 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 296.52429 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 39.24975 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.00 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.46 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1530 ( 3.672 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.14 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454966.09041 ± 0.00036 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 4.1762542 ± 0.0000018 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4996 +83 −85 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.16 +0.09 −0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.850 +0.030 −0.100 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.780 ± 0.020 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.590 ± 0.010 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.274 +0.018 −0.010 ( 3.07 +0.20 −0.11 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 876 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-472b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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