TEPCat: Kepler-85b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-85b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2013ApJ...778..110M  
Date of discovery paper 2013 / 8 / 6 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 19 23 53.62 h m s
Declination +45 17 25.2 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 290.97342 degrees
Declination (decimal) 45.29033 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 14.96 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 13.08 mag
Transit duration 0.1497
( 3.593 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.04 %
Time of mid-transit   2454972.72803 ± 0.00328     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 8.305738 ± 0.000050 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2014ApJ...784...45R  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5505 ± 89 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.03 ± 0.10 dex
Stellar mass 0.928 ± 0.044   Msun
Stellar radius 0.875 ± 0.021 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.49 ± 0.15 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 1.38 ± 0.11
( 1.95 ± 0.16 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.020 +0.028 −0.016  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.0789  AU
Planetary mass 0.0058 +0.0019 −0.0015
( 1.84 +0.60 −0.48 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.1586 ± 0.0045
( 1.778 ± 0.050 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 814 K
Reference of detailed study 2023A+A...669A.117L  

 

Kepler-85b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2024/09/10           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)