This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-988b. 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 22 50.01 | h m s |
| Declination | +42 14 14.1 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 290.70837 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 42.23725 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.77 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.29 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0695 ( 1.668 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.13 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454970.50778 ± 0.00100 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 17.7607652 ± 0.0000270 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4005 +44 −42 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.32 +0.10 −0.09 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.550 +0.020 −0.040 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.530 ± 0.020 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.730 ± 0.020 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.172 +0.012 −0.013 ( 1.93 +0.13 −0.15 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 368 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-988b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)