This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-997b. 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 16 56.00 | h m s |
| Declination | +49 56 20.1 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 289.23333 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 49.93892 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.99 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.61 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1432 ( 3.437 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.01 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454965.43068 ± 0.00300 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 2.7073064 ± 0.0000090 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6150 +63 −55 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.05 ± 0.08 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.220 +0.150 −0.040 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.560 +0.370 −0.300 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.140 +0.150 −0.140 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.121 +0.021 −0.029 ( 1.36 +0.24 −0.33 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1709 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-997b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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