This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-796b. 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 09 13.88 | h m s |
| Declination | +39 08 41.0 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 287.30783 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 39.14472 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.22 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.07 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1065 ( 2.556 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.01 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454969.88240 ± 0.00300 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 6.4008714 ± 0.0000228 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5475 +79 −85 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.09 +0.09 −0.07 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.930 +0.040 −0.090 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.090 +0.300 −0.180 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.330 +0.160 −0.200 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.170 +0.029 −0.045 ( 1.91 +0.33 −0.50 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1109 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-796b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)