TEPCat: Kepler-1562b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1562b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
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 37 49.36 h m s
Declination +46 44 36.8 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 294.45567 degrees
Declination (decimal) 46.74356 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 15.76 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 13.85 mag
Transit duration 0.5057
( 12.137 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.12 %
Time of mid-transit   2455019.73530 ± 0.01000     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 64.2729088 ± 0.0009417 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5760 +63 −74 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   0.11 +0.15 −0.14 dex
Stellar mass 1.020 +0.060 −0.080   Msun
Stellar radius 1.050 +0.290 −0.110 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.410 +0.090 −0.200 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.480 +0.157 −0.084
( 5.38 +1.76 −0.94 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 554 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-1562b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2025/08/27           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)