This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-63. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2013ApJ...775...54S | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2013 / 8 / 1 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 16 54.28 | h m s |
| Declination | +49 32 53.5 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 289.22617 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 49.54819 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.73 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.00 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1210 ( 2.904 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.4 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454954.23900 ± 0.00004 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 9.43415228 ± 0.00000043 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2021MNRAS.503.4092B |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5576 ± 50 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.05 ± 0.08 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.984 +0.035 −0.040 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.901 +0.027 −0.022 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.52 ± 0.02 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.345 +0.089 −0.083 ( 1.90 +0.13 −0.12 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 +0.45 −0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.080 ± 0.002 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0 +0.38 −0.0 ( 0 +120 −0 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.544 ± 0.018 ( 6.10 ± 0.20 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 0.0 +2.3 −0.0 ( 0.0 +3.1 −0.0 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2013ApJ...775...54S |
| Reference | λ (degrees) |
|---|---|
| Sanchis-Ojeda et al. (2013) | −110 + 22 - 14 |
| Bourrier et al. (2023) | −135 + 21 - 27 |
| Sagynbayeva et al.(2025) | −999 ± -999 |
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