This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-596b. 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 18 00.16 | h m s |
| Declination | +51 41 08.6 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 289.50067 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 51.68572 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.12 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.71 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1702 ( 4.085 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.07 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455022.70595 ± 0.00200 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 21.3002049 ± 0.0000399 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6267 +110 −109 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.03 +0.13 −0.15 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.210 +0.190 −0.040 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.320 +0.620 −0.180 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.270 +0.100 −0.270 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.267 +0.042 −0.025 ( 2.99 +0.47 −0.28 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 725 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-596b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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