TEPCat: Kepler-99


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-99. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2014ApJS..210...20M  
Date of discovery paper 2014 / 1 / 20 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 19 49 24.96 h m s
Declination +41 18 00.2 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 297.35400 degrees
Declination (decimal) 41.30006 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 13.27 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 10.76 mag
Transit duration 0.100
( 2.40 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.044 %
Time of mid-transit   2454968.01160 ± 0.00066     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 4.60357337 ± 0.00000074 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJS..225....9H  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 4782 ± 129 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.18 ± 0.07 dex
Stellar mass 0.79 ± 0.06   Msun
Stellar radius 0.73 ± 0.04 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.605 ± 0.05 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 2.02 ± 0.16
( 2.85 ± 0.23 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.0  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass 0.019 ± 0.004
( 6.0 ± 1.3 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.132 ± 0.007
( 1.480 ± 0.078 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 8.22 ± 2.13
( 10.9 ± 2.8 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature K
Reference of detailed study 2014ApJS..210...20M  

 

Kepler-99 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2025/02/12           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)