This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-479b. 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 24 05.24 | h m s |
| Declination | +37 46 11.2 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 291.02183 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 37.76978 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.77 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.72 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0942 ( 2.261 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.07 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454971.46223 ± 0.00084 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 12.4934073 ± 0.0000124 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5247 +74 −57 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.02 +0.10 −0.11 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.860 +0.030 −0.050 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.810 ± 0.020 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.560 +0.020 −0.030 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.196 +0.015 −0.009 ( 2.20 +0.17 −0.10 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 649 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-479b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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