This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-863b. 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 50 39.48 | h m s |
| Declination | +43 14 56.2 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 297.66450 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 43.24894 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.62 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.71 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2103 ( 5.047 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.09 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454970.56360 ± 0.00200 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 15.5946604 ± 0.0000423 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5678 +318 −196 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.03 +0.14 −0.19 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.960 +0.110 −0.050 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.950 +0.220 −0.100 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.460 +0.080 −0.140 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.244 +0.079 −0.026 ( 2.73 +0.89 −0.29 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 718 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-863b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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