This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-856b. 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 18 24.91 | h m s |
| Declination | +46 18 53.8 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 289.60379 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 46.31494 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.77 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.90 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1289 ( 3.094 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.87 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455193.17135 ± 0.00017 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 8.0276811 ± 0.0000020 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5535 +70 −84 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.12 +0.15 −0.14 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.960 +0.040 −0.080 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.930 +0.120 −0.060 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.490 +0.050 −0.120 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.752 +0.201 −0.067 ( 8.43 +2.25 −0.75 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 824 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-856b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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