This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-798b. 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 29 54.77 | h m s |
| Declination | +42 08 32.2 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 292.47821 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 42.14228 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.29 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.84 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2320 ( 5.568 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.03 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454973.74483 ± 0.00300 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 13.7193843 ± 0.0000491 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6224 +124 −143 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.03 +0.13 −0.15 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.190 +0.180 −0.110 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.290 +0.560 −0.180 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.290 +0.110 −0.250 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.177 +0.054 −0.020 ( 1.98 +0.61 −0.22 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 864 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-798b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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