TEPCat: Kepler-49b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-49b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2013ApJS..208...22X  
Date of discovery paper 2012 / 8 / 17 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 19 29 10.70 h m s
Declination +40 35 30.4 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 292.29458 degrees
Declination (decimal) 40.59178 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 15.81 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 12.38 mag
Transit duration 0.1053
( 2.527 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.18 %
Time of mid-transit   2455003.28587 ± 0.00064     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 7.203871 ± 0.000008 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2014ApJ...784...45R  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 4097 ± 75 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.12 ± 0.10 dex
Stellar mass 0.607 ± 0.014   Msun
Stellar radius 0.618 ± 0.020 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.727 ± 0.150 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 2.53 ± 0.21
( 3.57 ± 0.30 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.03 ± 0.03  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.0593 ± 0.0023  AU
Planetary mass 0.0307 ± 0.0030
( 9.76 ± 0.95 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.2301 +0.0078 −0.0077
( 2.579 +0.087 −0.086 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 495 K
Reference of detailed study 2023A+A...669A.117L  

 

Kepler-49b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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