This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1566b. 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 54 21.02 | h m s |
| Declination | +40 34 29.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 283.58758 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 40.57492 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.53 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.44 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0478 ( 1.147 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.01 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454964.55207 ± 0.00200 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 0.5399150 ± 0.0000015 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5254 +98 −90 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.07 +0.14 −0.16 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.840 ± 0.040 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.810 +0.060 −0.050 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.560 +0.040 −0.070 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.073 +0.004 −0.005 ( 0.818 +0.045 −0.056 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1871 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-1566b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)