This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-53b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2013ApJS..208...22X | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2012 / 8 / 17 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 21 50.82 | h m s |
| Declination | +40 33 44.9 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 290.46175 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 40.56247 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.55 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.80 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1796 ( 4.310 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.09 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455007.77505 ± 0.00241 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 18.649113 ± 0.000087 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6085 ± 200 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.20 ± 0.50 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.052 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.958 ± 0.466 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.498 ± 0.300 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.688 ± 0.501 ( 2.38 ± 0.71 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | 0.0 +0.264 −0.0 ( 0 +83 −0 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.251 ± 0.122 ( 2.8 ± 1.4 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
Kepler-53b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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