This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-859b. 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 06 58.05 | h m s |
| Declination | +43 11 24.3 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 286.74187 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 43.19008 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 16.15 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.86 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1580 ( 3.792 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.16 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454975.31499 ± 0.00200 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 20.3817480 ± 0.0000524 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5020 +49 −51 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.02 +0.15 −0.17 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.810 +0.040 −0.100 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.770 +0.030 −0.040 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.590 +0.020 −0.050 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.282 +0.010 −0.020 ( 3.16 +0.11 −0.22 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 528 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-859b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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