This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-26b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2012MNRAS.421.2342S | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2012 / 1 / 27 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 18 59 45.83 | h m s |
| Declination | +46 33 59.5 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 284.94096 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 46.56653 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 16.00 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.63 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1159 ( 2.782 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.28 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455003.39854 ± 0.00061 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 12.282972 ± 0.000013 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4124 ± 68 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.015 ± 0.004 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.593 ± 0.016 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.595 ± 0.026 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | c.g.s. | |
| Stellar mean density | 2.75 ± 0.35 ( 3.88 ± 0.49 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.021 +0.021 −0.013 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0855 ± 0.0039 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0153 +0.0014 −0.0013 ( 4.86 +0.45 −0.41 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.2873 ± 0.0134 ( 3.22 ± 0.15 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 0.95 +0.16 −0.14 ( 1.26 +0.21 −0.19 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2023A+A...669A.117L |
Kepler-26b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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