TEPCat: Kepler-968b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-968b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
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 02 24.61 h m s
Declination +50 06 43.3 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 285.60254 degrees
Declination (decimal) 50.11203 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 14.62 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 11.83 mag
Transit duration 0.0739
( 1.774 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.08 %
Time of mid-transit   2454965.73624 ± 0.00200     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 3.6929862 ± 0.0000073 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 4598 +37 −39 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   0.13 +0.13 −0.21 dex
Stellar mass 0.760 +0.030 −0.020   Msun
Stellar radius 0.700 +0.020 −0.030 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.630 +0.010 −0.020 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.155 ± 0.013
( 1.74 ± 0.15 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 745 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-968b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2025/08/27           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)