TEPCat: Kepler-86


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-86. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2013ApJ...776...10W  
Date of discovery paper 2019 / 10 / 9 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 19 19 03.26 h m s
Declination +51 57 45.3 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 289.76358 degrees
Declination (decimal) 51.96258 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 12.70 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 11.12 mag
Transit duration 0.44
( 10.6 )
day
hour
Transit depth 1.0 %
Time of mid-transit   2455196.06770 ± 0.00036     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 282.52542 ± 0.00011 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2024ApJS..271...16D  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5691 ± 67 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.03 ± 0.04 dex
Stellar mass 0.958 ± 0.034   Msun
Stellar radius 0.961 +0.016 −0.015 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.45 ± 0.02 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.28 +0.12 −0.13  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.824 +0.019 −0.017  AU
Planetary mass 0.274 +0.066 −0.067
( 87 +20 −21 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.847 ± 0.014
( 9.49 ± 0.16 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 0.53 +0.15 −0.16
( 0.70 +0.20 −0.21 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature K
Reference of detailed study 2024ApJS..271...16D  

 

Kepler-86 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2024/09/04           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)