TEPCat: Kepler-11b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-11b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2011Natur.470...53L  
Date of discovery paper 2011 / 2 / 2 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 19 48 27.62 h m s
Declination +41 54 32.9 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 297.11508 degrees
Declination (decimal) 41.90914 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 13.86 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 12.18 mag
Transit duration 0.1715
( 4.116 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.030 %
Time of mid-transit   2455689.7378 ± 0.0037     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 10.3039 ± 0.00016 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2013ApJ...770..131L  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5663 +55 −67 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.002 ± 0.040 dex
Stellar mass 0.961 +0.027 −0.024   Msun
Stellar radius 1.053 +0.013 −0.015 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.3755 +0.0086 −0.0101 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 0.821 +0.021 −0.028
( 1.158 +0.030 −0.040 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.045 +0.068 −0.042  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.091 ± 0.003  AU
Planetary mass 0.0060 +0.0044 −0.0031
( 1.91 +1.40 −0.99 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.1606 ± 0.0018
( 1.800 ± 0.020 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 1.33 +0.97 −0.71
( 1.76 +1.29 −0.94 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature K
Reference of detailed study 2013ApJ...770..131L  

 

Kepler-11b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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