TEPCat: Kepler-160b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-160b. 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 11 05.65 h m s
Declination +42 52 09.4 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 287.77354 degrees
Declination (decimal) 42.86928 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 14.79 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 13.05 mag
Transit duration 0.1259
( 3.022 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.03 %
Time of mid-transit   2454967.0320 ± 0.0028     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 4.309397 ± 0.000013 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2020A+A...638A..10H  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5471 +115 −37 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.36 ± 0.50 dex
Stellar mass 0.922   Msun
Stellar radius 1.118 +0.015 −0.045 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.51 ± 0.30 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 1.88 ± 0.68
( 2.65 ± 0.96 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.0551 +0.0019 −0.0037  AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.153 ± 0.005
( 1.715 ± 0.056 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature K
Reference of detailed study 2020A+A...638A..10H  

 

Kepler-160b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2025/03/17           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)