TEPCat: Kepler-23c


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-23c. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2012ApJ...750..113F  
Date of discovery paper 2012 / 1 / 27 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 19 36 52.54 h m s
Declination +49 28 45.2 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 294.21892 degrees
Declination (decimal) 49.47922 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 13.61 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 11.99 mag
Transit duration 0.2856
( 6.854 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.04 %
Time of mid-transit   2454966.28603 ± 0.00210     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 10.742371 ± 0.000037 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2014ApJ...784...45R  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
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 ± 0.077   Msun
Stellar radius 1.548 ± 0.048 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.091 ± 0.057 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 0.291 ± 0.016
( 0.411 ± 0.023 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.021 +0.009 −0.014  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass 0.0246 +0.0042 −0.0038
( 7.8 +1.3 −1.2 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.2681 ± 0.0066
( 3.005 ± 0.074 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature K
Reference of detailed study 2023A+A...669A.117L  

 

Kepler-23c does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2025/02/12           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)