TEPCat: Kepler-28b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-28b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
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 19 28 32.89 h m s
Declination +42 25 45.9 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 292.13704 degrees
Declination (decimal) 42.42942 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 15.38 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 12.71 mag
Transit duration 0.1015
( 2.436 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.09 %
Time of mid-transit   2455005.18443 ± 0.00103     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 5.912252 ± 0.000011 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2014ApJ...784...45R  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 4499 ± 75 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.05 ± 0.10 dex
Stellar mass 0.684 ± 0.026   Msun
Stellar radius 0.664 ± 0.013 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.32 ± 0.14 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 3.463 ± 0.396
( 4.89 ± 0.56 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.04 ± 0.04  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass 0.0051 +0.0016 −0.0013
( 1.62 +0.51 −0.41 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.1748 +0.0038 −0.0037
( 1.959 +0.043 −0.041 )
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-28b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2024/09/10           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)