TEPCat: Kepler-108b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-108b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2014ApJ...784...45R  
Date of discovery paper 2014 / 3 / 20 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 19 38 14.20 h m s
Declination +46 03 44.4 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 294.55917 degrees
Declination (decimal) 46.06233 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 12.76 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 10.98 mag
Transit duration 0.470
( 11.28 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.16 %
Time of mid-transit   2455565.12253 ± 0.00071     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 49.18341 ± 0.00033 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2017AJ....153...45M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5854 ± 92 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   0.31 ± 0.11 dex
Stellar mass 0.96 +0.29 −0.19   Msun
Stellar radius 1.57 +0.13 −0.16 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.135 +0.11 −0.062  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass 0.44 +0.29 −0.16
( 139 +92 −50 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 1.04
( 11 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature K
Reference of detailed study 2017AJ....153...45M  

 

Kepler-108b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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