This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-36b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2012Sci...337..556C | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2012 / 6 / 22 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 25 00.04 | h m s |
| Declination | +49 13 54.5 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 291.25017 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 49.23181 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.22 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.79 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.281 ( 6.74 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.01 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454960.9753 ± 0.0057 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 13.83989 ± 0.00071 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2012Sci...337..556C |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5911 ± 66 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.20 ± 0.06 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.071 ± 0.043 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.626 ± 0.019 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.045 ± 0.009 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.2462 ± 0.0040 ( 0.3474 ± 0.0056 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.1153 ± 0.0015 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0136 ± 0.0006 ( 4.32 ± 0.19 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.1329 ± 0.0031 ( 1.490 ± 0.035 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 18.3 +1.7 −1.3 3.26 +0.04 −0.03 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 5.62 +0.56 −0.44 ( 7.45 +0.74 −0.58 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 978 ± 11 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2012Sci...337..556C |
Kepler-36b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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