TEPCat: Kepler-76


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-76. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2013ApJ...771...26F  
Date of discovery paper 2013 / 4 / 26 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 19 36 46.11 h m s
Declination +39 37 08.4 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 294.19213 degrees
Declination (decimal) 39.61900 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 13.40 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 12.09 mag
Transit duration 0.074
( 1.78 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.55 %
Time of mid-transit   2454966.54811 ± 0.00007     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 1.54492875 ± 0.00000027 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2013ApJ...771...26F  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 6300 ± 200 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.1 ± 0.2 dex
Stellar mass 1.2 ± 0.2   Msun
Stellar radius 1.32 ± 0.08 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.2 ± 0.3 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 0.522 ± 0.019
( 0.737 ± 0.027 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass 2.18 ± 0.42
( 693 ± 133 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 1.25 ± 0.08
( 14.01 ± 0.90 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature K
Reference of detailed study 2015ApJ...800...73F  

 

Kepler-76 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2024/11/22           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)