This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-79e. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2014ApJ...785...15J | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2013 / 10 / 10 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 20 02 04.11 | h m s |
| Declination | +44 22 53.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 300.51713 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 44.38158 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.03 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.61 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.188 ( 4.51 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.043 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455702.126 ± 0.004 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 81.0659 ± 0.0012 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...785...15J |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6174 +83 −117 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | dex | |
| Stellar mass | 1.165 +0.044 −0.045 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.302 +0.026 −0.027 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.274 +0.012 −0.013 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.525 +0.018 −0.024 ( 0.741 +0.025 −0.034 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.012 +0.044 −0.005 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.386 ± 0.005 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0129 +0.0038 −0.0035 ( 4.1 +1.2 −1.1 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.311 ± 0.012 ( 3.49 ± 0.13 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 0.40 ± 0.11 ( 0.53 ± 0.15 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2014ApJ...785...15J |
Kepler-79e does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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