This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-740b. 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 05 55.74 | h m s |
| Declination | +46 41 32.8 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 286.48225 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 46.69244 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 16.12 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 14.18 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1138 ( 2.731 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.26 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455003.42783 ± 0.00042 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 3.5841010 ± 0.0000019 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5438 +63 −81 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.03 +0.13 −0.16 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.910 +0.040 −0.030 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.870 +0.100 −0.050 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.520 +0.040 −0.110 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.416 +0.120 −0.039 ( 4.66 +1.35 −0.44 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1131 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-740b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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