This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-972b. 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 43 18.88 | h m s |
| Declination | +43 25 31.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 295.82867 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 43.42547 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.08 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.37 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1464 ( 3.514 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.08 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454966.85433 ± 0.00200 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 7.0393291 ± 0.0000175 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6146 +205 −260 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.04 +0.14 −0.16 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.150 +0.160 −0.070 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.220 +0.400 −0.200 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.330 +0.120 −0.200 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.417 +0.071 −0.065 ( 4.67 +0.80 −0.73 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1060 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-972b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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