TEPCat: Kepler-612b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-612b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
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 25 25.11 h m s
Declination +45 44 52.4 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 291.35463 degrees
Declination (decimal) 45.74789 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 15.10 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 13.26 mag
Transit duration 0.0831
( 1.994 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.08 %
Time of mid-transit   2455004.56006 ± 0.00081     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 3.7221589 ± 0.0000038 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5693 +93 −129 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   0.04 +0.14 −0.16 dex
Stellar mass 0.980 +0.050 −0.140   Msun
Stellar radius 0.960 +0.170 −0.080 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.460 +0.060 −0.140 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.208 +0.047 −0.019
( 2.33 +0.53 −0.21 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1046 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-612b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2025/08/27           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)