This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1459b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2016ApJ...822...86M | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2016 / 5 / 10 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 18 49 41.52 | h m s |
| Declination | +46 00 50.4 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 282.42300 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 46.01400 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.87 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.38 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2851 ( 6.842 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.03 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454999.01370 ± 0.01200 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 62.8694630 ± 0.0010000 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4828 +42 −41 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.01 +0.15 −0.16 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.780 +0.030 −0.040 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.740 +0.020 −0.030 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.610 +0.020 −0.040 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.175 +0.005 −0.011 ( 1.962 +0.056 −0.123 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 349 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-1459b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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