TEPCat: Kepler-1578b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1578b. 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 13 12.48 h m s
Declination +47 46 31.9 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 288.30200 degrees
Declination (decimal) 47.77553 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 15.51 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 13.65 mag
Transit duration 0.0730
( 1.752 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.01 %
Time of mid-transit   2454965.23060 ± 0.00300     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 1.4508898 ± 0.0000065 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5545 +73 −74 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.13 +0.17 −0.20 dex
Stellar mass 0.900 ± 0.050   Msun
Stellar radius 0.860 +0.080 −0.070 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.530 +0.050 −0.090 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.108 +0.034 −0.015
( 1.21 +0.38 −0.17 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1700 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-1578b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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