TEPCat: Kepler-30b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-30b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2012ApJ...750..114F  
Date of discovery paper 2012 / 1 / 27 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 19 01 08.07 h m s
Declination +38 56 50.2 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 285.28362 degrees
Declination (decimal) 38.94728 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 15.62 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 13.58 mag
Transit duration 0.200
( 4.80 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.2 %
Time of mid-transit   2455246.65 ± 0.04     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 29.2187 ± 0.0009 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2018MNRAS.478.2480P  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5498 ± 54 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.18 ± 0.27 dex
Stellar mass 0.99 ± 0.08   Msun
Stellar radius 0.95 ± 0.12 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.77 ± 0.23 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 1.42 ± 0.07
( 2.004 ± 0.099 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.0770 ± 0.0003  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.18479 ± 0.00004  AU
Planetary mass 0.0289 ± 0.0003
( 9.187 ± 0.095 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.335 ± 0.016
( 3.76 ± 0.18 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 0.72 ± 0.11
( 0.96 ± 0.15 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature K
Reference of detailed study 2018MNRAS.478.2480P  

 

Entries in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements:
 
Reference λ (degrees)
Sanchis-Ojeda et al. (2012) method 1   4   ±   10  
Sanchis-Ojeda et al. (2012) method 2   −1   ±   10  

 

 


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