This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1518b. 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 | 20 01 19.76 | h m s |
| Declination | +44 59 10.1 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 300.33233 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 44.98614 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.43 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.06 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1367 ( 3.281 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.03 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454966.76122 ± 0.00800 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 5.1117547 ± 0.0000480 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6846 +320 −290 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.06 +0.15 −0.16 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.540 +0.210 −0.060 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.880 +0.610 −0.380 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.080 +0.150 −0.190 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.251 +0.071 −0.058 ( 2.81 +0.80 −0.65 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1351 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-1518b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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