This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-977b. 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 26 03.88 | h m s |
| Declination | +42 14 53.4 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 291.51617 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 42.24817 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.05 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.92 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1857 ( 4.457 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.10 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454976.31303 ± 0.00200 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 26.8532365 ± 0.0000669 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5315 +85 −105 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.01 +0.15 −0.16 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.870 ± 0.040 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.830 +0.060 −0.040 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.550 +0.030 −0.070 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.236 +0.042 −0.035 ( 2.65 +0.47 −0.39 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 544 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-977b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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