TEPCat: Kepler-437b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-437b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2015ApJ...800...99T  
Date of discovery paper 2015 / 1 / 7 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 19 49 23.37 h m s
Declination +44 01 37.0 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 297.34737 degrees
Declination (decimal) 44.02694 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 14.73 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 11.85 mag
Transit duration 0.233
( 5.59 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.05 %
Time of mid-transit   2455670.6876 ± 0.0023     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 66.65062 ± 0.00033 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2015ApJ...800...99T  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 4551 ± 100 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.00 ± 0.10 dex
Stellar mass 0.707 +0.033 −0.027   Msun
Stellar radius 0.680 +0.026 −0.024 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.629 +0.015 −0.026 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 2.25 ± 0.18
( 3.17 ± 0.25 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.02 +0.08 −0.02  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.288 +0.066 −0.040  AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.191 +0.020 −0.015
( 2.14 +0.22 −0.17 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature K
Reference of detailed study 2015ApJ...800...99T  

 

Kepler-437b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2024/09/10           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)