This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-738b. 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 10 16.72 | h m s |
| Declination | +46 34 04.3 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 287.56967 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 46.56786 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.79 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.82 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1660 ( 3.984 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.09 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455006.70572 ± 0.00300 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 24.5871635 ± 0.0000874 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5327 +66 −62 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.09 +0.15 −0.17 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.860 +0.040 −0.050 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.820 +0.060 −0.050 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.550 +0.040 −0.070 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.211 +0.037 −0.019 ( 2.37 +0.41 −0.21 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 530 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-738b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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