TEPCat: Kepler-12


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-12. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2011ApJS..197....9F  
Date of discovery paper 2011 / 9 / 9 y / m / d
Right ascension 19 04 58.42 h m s
Declination +50 02 25.3 d m s
V-band apparent magnitude 13.53 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 12.07 mag
Transit duration 0.19573
( 4.6975 )
day
hour
Transit depth 1.6 %
Time of mid-transit   2455004.00835 ± 0.00002     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 4.4379637 ± 0.0000002 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2011ApJS..197....9F  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5947 ± 100 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.07 ± 0.04 dex
Stellar mass 1.157 +0.148 −0.078   Msun
Stellar radius 1.490 +0.061 −0.038 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.155 +0.018 −0.014 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 0.350 +0.006 −0.009
( 0.4938 +0.0085 −0.0127 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.0  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.0555 +0.0022 −0.0013  AU
Planetary mass 0.430 +0.053 −0.044
( 136 +16 −13 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 1.706 +0.069 −0.039
( 19.12 + 0.77 − 0.44 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity 3.66 +0.33 −0.34
2.56 +0.04 −0.04
m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 0.081 ± 0.008
( 0.107 ± 0.011 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1485 ± 25 K
Reference of detailed study 2012MNRAS.426.1291S  

 

Kepler-12 does not have an entry in the catalogue of Rossiter-McLaughlin measurements.

 

Kepler-12 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same as the physical properties given above, but in some cases the Homogeneous Studies results given below have been superseded by newer analyses.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 48.2 +4.3 −4.4 m/s
Stellar effective temperature 5947 ± 100 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.07 ± 0.04 dex
Orbital inclination 89.02 +0.25 −0.21   degrees
Fractional stellar radius (R* / a) 0.12486 +0.00110 −0.00075  
Fractional planetary radius (Rpl / a)   0.014687 +0.000071 −0.000068   
Light curve analysis reference 2012MNRAS.426.1291S  
 
Derived parameters Value Unit
Stellar mass 1.157 +0.147 −0.011 +0.022 −0.011 Msun
Stellar radius 1.490 +0.061 −0.038 +0.009 −0.005 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.155 +0.018 −0.014 +0.003 −0.001 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 0.350 +0.006 −0.009 ρsun
Orbital semimajor axis   0.0555 +0.0022 −0.0013 +0.0003 −0.0002  AU
Planetary mass 0.430 +0.053 −0.044 +0.005 −0.003 Mjup
Planetary radius 1.706 +0.069 −0.039 +0.011 −0.006 Rjup
Planetary surface gravity 3.66 +0.33 −0.34 m/s2
Planetary mean density 0.081 ± 0.008 ± 0.001 ρjup
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1485 ± 25 K
Safronov number 0.0241 +0.0022 −0.0001 +0.0024 −0.0002  
Main analysis reference 2012MNRAS.426.1291S  

 


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