This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-636b. 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 34 22.05 | h m s |
| Declination | +41 05 42.5 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 293.59188 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 41.09514 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.93 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.58 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1196 ( 2.870 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.31 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455015.76010 ± 0.00039 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 16.0806573 ± 0.0000081 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5203 +56 −73 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.02 ± 0.11 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.850 +0.030 −0.020 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.800 ± 0.020 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.560 ± 0.020 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.395 +0.034 −0.021 ( 4.43 +0.38 −0.24 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 614 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-636b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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