This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1556b. 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 13 35.28 | h m s |
| Declination | +40 12 47.4 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 288.39700 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 40.21317 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.46 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.55 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0841 ( 2.018 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.04 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454972.73416 ± 0.00700 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 8.8271578 ± 0.0000738 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5608 +69 −92 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.08 ± 0.16 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.970 +0.050 −0.130 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.950 +0.190 −0.070 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.470 +0.060 −0.160 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.149 +0.021 −0.005 ( 1.670 +0.235 −0.056 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 797 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-1556b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)