This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-942b. 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 39 49.22 | h m s |
| Declination | +44 08 59.3 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 294.95508 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 44.14981 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.35 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.84 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2075 ( 4.980 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.08 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454977.56002 ± 0.00100 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 44.9640746 ± 0.0000749 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4861 +78 −66 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.09 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.810 +0.030 −0.150 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.750 ± 0.020 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.590 ± 0.010 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.178 +0.012 −0.006 ( 1.995 +0.135 −0.067 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 379 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-942b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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