This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-642b. 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 35 20.29 | h m s |
| Declination | +42 37 29.8 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 293.83454 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 42.62494 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.43 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.10 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1235 ( 2.964 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.03 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455003.79073 ± 0.00300 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 4.4174626 ± 0.0000192 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6570 +133 −201 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.06 +0.13 −0.14 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.400 +0.230 −0.060 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.660 +0.740 −0.320 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.140 +0.150 −0.250 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.352 +0.075 −0.112 ( 3.95 +0.84 −1.26 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1810 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-642b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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