This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-68c. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2013ApJ...766...40G | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2013 / 2 / 12 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 24 07.75 | h m s |
| Declination | +49 02 25.0 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 291.03229 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 49.04028 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 10.11 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 8.59 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.129 ( 3.10 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.005 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454969.3805 ± 0.0041 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 9.605085 ± 0.000072 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2013ApJ...766...40G |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5793 ± 74 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.12 ± 0.07 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.079 ± 0.051 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.243 ± 0.019 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.281 ± 0.008 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.5601 ± 0.0038 ( 0.7903 ± 0.0054 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.09059 ± 0.00082 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.015 +0.008 −0.011 ( 4.8 +2.5 −3.5 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.0850 +0.0035 −0.0037 ( 0.953 +0.039 −0.041 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 21 +10 −17 ( 27 +13 −22 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2013ApJ...766...40G |
Kepler-68c does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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