This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1516b. 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 | 19 25 58.70 | h m s |
| Declination | +44 31 24.6 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 291.49458 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 44.52350 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.63 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.81 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2558 ( 6.139 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.02 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454964.71082 ± 0.00300 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 7.2593226 ± 0.0000266 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5904 +92 −142 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.03 +0.16 −0.17 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.040 +0.070 −0.030 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.070 +0.230 −0.120 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.400 +0.080 −0.150 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.140 +0.038 −0.021 ( 1.57 +0.43 −0.24 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 967 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-1516b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)