Published September 1, 2017 | Version v1
Journal article

The California- Kepler Survey. II. Precise Physical Properties of 2025 Kepler Planets and Their Host Stars

  • 1. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States)
  • 2. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125 (United States)
  • 3. Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 (United States)
  • 4. Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
  • 5. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456 (United States)
  • 6. Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Peyton Hall, 4 Ivy Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540 (United States)
  • 7. Institut de Recherche sur les Exoplanètes, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC (Canada)
  • 8. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 (United States)

Description

We present stellar and planetary properties for 1305 Kepler Objects of Interest hosting 2025 planet candidates observed as part of the California- Kepler Survey. We combine spectroscopic constraints, presented in Paper I, with stellar interior modeling to estimate stellar masses, radii, and ages. Stellar radii are typically constrained to 11%, compared to 40% when only photometric constraints are used. Stellar masses are constrained to 4%, and ages are constrained to 30%. We verify the integrity of the stellar parameters through comparisons with asteroseismic studies and Gaia parallaxes. We also recompute planetary radii for 2025 planet candidates. Because knowledge of planetary radii is often limited by uncertainties in stellar size, we improve the uncertainties in planet radii from typically 42% to 12%. We also leverage improved knowledge of stellar effective temperature to recompute incident stellar fluxes for the planets, now precise to 21%, compared to a factor of two when derived from photometry.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aa80e7

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)
Journal Volume
154
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
[9 p.]
ISSN
1538-3881

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
49008682
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ABUNDANCE; CALIFORNIA; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; LIMITING VALUES; MASS; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLANETS; SATELLITES; STARS
Descriptors DEC
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EVALUATION; NORTH AMERICA; SIMULATION; USA