TEPCat: Kepler-1487b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1487b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
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 19 41 59.54 h m s
Declination +38 38 40.2 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 295.49808 degrees
Declination (decimal) 38.64450 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 13.57 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 12.29 mag
Transit duration 0.2034
( 4.882 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.02 %
Time of mid-transit   2454970.22065 ± 0.00700     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 7.3194529 ± 0.0000616 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 6541 +231 −190 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   0.04 +0.13 −0.15 dex
Stellar mass 1.380 +0.210 −0.040   Msun
Stellar radius 1.630 +0.650 −0.320 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.160 +0.140 −0.230 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.451 +0.078 −0.157
( 5.06 +0.87 −1.76 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1682 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-1487b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2025/08/27           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)