TEPCat: Kepler-88b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-88b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2013ApJ...777....3N  
Date of discovery paper 2013 / 4 / 14 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 19 24 35.54 h m s
Declination +40 40 09.8 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 291.14808 degrees
Declination (decimal) 40.66939 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 13.27 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 11.45 mag
Transit duration 0.137
( 3.29 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.15 %
Time of mid-transit   2454966.0242 ± 0.0013     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 10.954294 ± 0.000104 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2013ApJ...777....3N  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5471 ± 50 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.20 ± 0.08 dex
Stellar mass 0.956 +0.041 −0.051   Msun
Stellar radius 0.880 +0.033 −0.038 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.528 +0.025 −0.019 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 1.70 +0.29 −0.28
( 2.40 +0.41 −0.40 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.05593 +0.00047 −0.00031  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.05611 +0.00121 −0.00052  AU
Planetary mass 0.0274 ± 0.0079
( 8.7 ± 2.5 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.337 +0.033 −0.035
( 3.78 +0.37 −0.39 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 0.66 +0.32 −0.23
( 0.88 +0.42 −0.31 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature K
Reference of detailed study 2013ApJ...777....3N  

 

Kepler-88b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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