This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-23b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2012ApJ...750..113F | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2012 / 1 / 27 | y / m / d |
| Right ascension | 19 36 52.54 | h m s |
| Declination | +49 28 45.2 | d m s |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.61 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.99 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1990 ( 4.776 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.01 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454971.31284 ± 0.00661 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 7.107163 ± 0.000075 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5828 ± 100 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.05 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.078 +0.09 −0.12 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.548 ± 0.048 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.091 ± 0.057 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.410 ± 0.023 ( 0.579 ± 0.032 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.075 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0 +0.8 −0.0 ( 0 +254 −0 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.151 ± 0.014 ( 1.69 ± 0.16 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
Kepler-23b does not have an entry in the catalogue of Rossiter-McLaughlin measurements.
Kepler-23b has not been analysed as part of the Homogeneous Studies of Transiting Extrasolar Planets project.
Page generated on 2017/08/14 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)