This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-55b. 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 00 40.40 | h m s |
| Declination | +44 01 35.3 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 285.16833 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 44.02647 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 16.16 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.28 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1506 ( 3.614 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.13 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455011.75691 ± 0.00309 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 27.953314 ± 0.000176 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4503 ± 100 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.04 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.676 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.619 ± 0.028 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.684 ± 0.150 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 4.019 ± 0.395 ( 5.67 ± 0.56 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | 0.0 +1.49 −0.0 ( 0 +473 −0 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.193 ± 0.011 ( 2.16 ± 0.12 ) | 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-55b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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