This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-131b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| 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 14 07.40 | h m s |
| Declination | +40 56 32.3 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 288.53083 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 40.94231 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.66 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.08 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.122 ( 2.93 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.044 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454955.32281 ± 0.00057 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 16.09196403 ± 0.00000064 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJS..225....9H |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5685 ± 74 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.12 ± 0.07 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.02 ± 0.06 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.03 ± 0.10 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.417 ± 0.08 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.02 ± 0.15 ( 1.44 ± 0.21 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | 0.051 ± 0.011 ( 16.2 ± 3.5 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.215 ± 0.018 ( 2.41 ± 0.20 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 4.5 ± 1.5 ( 6.0 ± 2.0 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2014ApJS..210...20M |
Kepler-131b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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