This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-971b. 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 | 18 56 22.69 | h m s |
| Declination | +41 10 58.1 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 284.09454 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 41.18281 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.44 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.42 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1438 ( 3.451 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.05 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454965.68264 ± 0.00200 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 9.5906859 ± 0.0000249 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5431 +86 −113 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.06 +0.16 −0.18 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.880 +0.050 −0.060 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.850 +0.090 −0.060 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.540 +0.040 −0.100 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.351 ± 0.203 ( 3.9 ± 2.3 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1087 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-971b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)