This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-978b. 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 06 50.57 | h m s |
| Declination | +43 02 36.4 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 286.71071 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 43.04344 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.53 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.01 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.3009 ( 7.222 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.05 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454970.10149 ± 0.00300 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 49.6220669 ± 0.0002049 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6002 +82 −85 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.01 +0.15 −0.19 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.070 +0.080 −0.190 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.090 +0.250 −0.120 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.380 +0.080 −0.150 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.297 +0.049 −0.030 ( 3.33 +0.55 −0.34 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 546 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-978b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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