TEPCat: Kepler-4


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-4. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2010ApJ...713L.126B  
Date of discovery paper 2010 / 1 / 6 y / m / d
Right ascension 19 02 27.68 h m s
Declination +50 08 08.7 d m s
V-band apparent magnitude 12.09 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 10.80 mag
Transit duration 0.1650
( 3.960 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.087 %
Time of mid-transit   2454956.61132 ± 0.00092     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 3.213658 ± 0.000038 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2011MNRAS.417.2166S  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5857 ± 120 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.17 ± 0.06 dex
Stellar mass 1.173 +0.196 −0.100   Msun
Stellar radius 1.48 +0.33 −0.13 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.168 +0.063 −0.133 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 0.362 +0.081 −0.136
( 0.51 +0.11 −0.19 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.0  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.0449 +0.0024 −0.0012  AU
Planetary mass 0.075 +0.013 −0.011
( 23.8 +4.1 −3.5 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.368 +0.074 −0.034
( 4.12 +0.83 −0.38 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity 13.8 +3.3 −4.5
3.14 +0.09 −0.17
m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 1.41 +0.48 −0.62
( 1.87 +0.64 −0.82 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1620 +140 −60 K
Reference of detailed study 2011MNRAS.417.2166S  

 

Kepler-4 does not have an entry in the catalogue of Rossiter-McLaughlin measurements.

 

Kepler-4 has been examined as part of the Homogeneous Studies of Transiting Extrasolar Planets project. The details from this work have been given below. In most instances they are the same as the physical properties given above, but in some cases the Homogeneous Studies results given below have been superseded by newer analyses. Separate statistical and systematic errorbars are given where relevant.

Measured parameters Value Unit
Orbital velocity amplitude 9.3 +1.1 −1.3 m/s
Stellar effective temperature 5857 ± 120 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.17 ± 0.06 dex
Orbital inclination 89.2 +0.8 −2.6   degrees
Fractional stellar radius (R* / a) 0.153 +0.026 −0.010  
Fractional planetary radius (Rpl / a)   0.00391 +0.00076 −0.00034   
Light curve analysis reference 2011MNRAS.417.2166S  
 
Derived parameters Value Unit
Stellar mass 1.173 +0.193 −0.033 +0.039 −0.033 Msun
Stellar radius 1.48 +0.33 −0.13 +0.02 −0.01 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.168 +0.063 −0.133 +0.005 −0.004 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 0.362 +0.081 −0.136 ρsun
Orbital semimajor axis   0.0449 +0.0024 −0.0012 +0.0005 −0.0004  AU
Planetary mass 0.075 +0.013 −0.011 +0.002 −0.001 Mjup
Planetary radius 0.368 +0.074 −0.034 +0.004 −0.003 Rjup
Planetary surface gravity 13.8 +3.3 −4.5 m/s2
Planetary mean density 1.41 +0.48 −0.62 +0.01 −0.02 ρjup
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1620 +140 −60 K
Safronov number 0.0156 +0.0025 −0.0034 +0.0001 −0.0002  
Main analysis reference 2011MNRAS.417.2166S  

 


Page generated on 2017/08/07           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)