TEPCat: Kepler-31c


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-31c. 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 36 05.52 h m s
Declination +45 51 11.1 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 294.02300 degrees
Declination (decimal) 45.85308 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 15.35 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 13.87 mag
Transit duration 0.2690
( 6.456 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.17 %
Time of mid-transit   2454974.18497 ± 0.00209     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 42.632728 ± 0.000162 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2014ApJ...784...45R  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 6091 +64 −65 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.08 ± 0.05 dex
Stellar mass 1.12 ± 0.06   Msun
Stellar radius 1.42 +0.23 −0.19 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.18 ± 0.11 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 0.645 ± 0.406
( 0.91 ± 0.57 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.26  AU
Planetary mass 0.0 +6.8 −0.0
( 0 +2161 −0 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.544 ± 0.081
( 6.10 ± 0.91 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 643 ± 49 K
Reference of detailed study 2017AJ....154..108J  

 

Kepler-31c does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2025/03/24           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)