This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-52b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2013MNRAS.428.1077S | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2012 / 8 / 20 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 06 57.13 | h m s |
| Declination | +49 58 32.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 286.73804 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 49.97575 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.57 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.36 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1018 ( 2.443 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.13 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455009.37608 ± 0.00136 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 7.877407 ± 0.000020 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4164 ± 62 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.15 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.624 ± 0.017 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.630 ± 0.025 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.729 ± 0.150 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 2.44 ± 0.30 ( 3.44 ± 0.42 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.14 ± 0.06 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0637 ± 0.0027 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0145 ± 0.0069 ( 4.6 ± 2.2 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.2141 ± 0.0089 ( 2.400 ± 0.100 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 499 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2023A+A...669A.117L |
Kepler-52b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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