TEPCat: Kepler-851b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-851b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
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 38 43.26 h m s
Declination +49 08 24.5 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 294.68025 degrees
Declination (decimal) 49.14014 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 15.32 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 13.39 mag
Transit duration 0.1224
( 2.938 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.03 %
Time of mid-transit   2454967.64421 ± 0.00400     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 8.5069807 ± 0.0000361 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5455 +87 −81 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.07 +0.16 −0.17 dex
Stellar mass 0.890 ± 0.040   Msun
Stellar radius 0.850 +0.080 −0.060 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.530 +0.040 −0.090 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.170 +0.047 −0.026
( 1.91 +0.53 −0.29 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 900 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-851b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2025/08/27           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)