This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-916b. 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 23 55.99 | h m s |
| Declination | +45 58 23.8 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 290.98329 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 45.97328 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.41 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.30 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1900 ( 4.560 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.05 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454971.52615 ± 0.00700 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 32.2964275 ± 0.0003074 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5248 +99 −91 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.05 +0.14 −0.17 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.850 +0.040 −0.030 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.810 ± 0.050 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.560 +0.030 −0.060 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.170 +0.012 −0.014 ( 1.91 +0.13 −0.16 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 503 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-916b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)