This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-870b. 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 41 36.60 | h m s |
| Declination | +50 28 43.0 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 295.40250 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 50.47861 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.39 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.74 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2426 ( 5.822 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.06 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454968.07022 ± 0.00400 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 21.3588236 ± 0.0001094 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5857 +139 −151 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.01 +0.14 −0.17 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.010 +0.070 −0.060 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.020 +0.190 −0.100 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.430 +0.070 −0.140 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.225 +0.071 −0.024 ( 2.52 +0.80 −0.27 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 691 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-870b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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