This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1538b. 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 53 22.96 | h m s |
| Declination | +45 16 28.0 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 283.34567 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 45.27444 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.37 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.75 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.4486 ( 10.766 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.06 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455129.03778 ± 0.01000 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 175.1389200 ± 0.0030000 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5837 +69 −72 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.02 +0.14 −0.17 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.030 +0.050 −0.190 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.030 +0.260 −0.090 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.420 +0.070 −0.180 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.273 +0.040 −0.053 ( 3.06 +0.45 −0.59 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 346 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-1538b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)