This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1509b. 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 55 11.47 | h m s |
| Declination | +46 55 51.6 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 283.79779 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 46.93100 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.52 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.89 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2714 ( 6.514 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.03 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454976.13020 ± 0.01100 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 25.4337864 ± 0.0003215 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5780 +70 −80 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.03 +0.14 −0.16 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.000 +0.050 −0.040 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.990 +0.160 −0.080 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.450 +0.060 −0.130 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.178 +0.030 −0.022 ( 2.00 +0.34 −0.25 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 667 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-1509b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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