This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-946b. 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 | 20 03 43.10 | h m s |
| Declination | +44 01 43.6 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 300.92958 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 44.02878 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.10 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.29 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1265 ( 3.036 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.04 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454967.54064 ± 0.00400 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 11.7916123 ± 0.0000536 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5665 +263 −145 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.09 +0.16 −0.20 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.940 +0.080 −0.040 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.930 +0.150 −0.090 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.470 +0.070 −0.120 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.215 +0.034 −0.037 ( 2.41 +0.38 −0.41 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 857 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-946b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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