This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1608b. 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 42 15.25 | h m s |
| Declination | +39 25 03.3 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 295.56354 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 39.41758 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 16.15 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.84 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1750 ( 4.200 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.05 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454975.68604 ± 0.00800 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 16.4734740 ± 0.0001579 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4992 +119 −73 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.24 +0.20 −0.24 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.750 +0.050 −0.040 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.720 +0.050 −0.070 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.610 +0.050 −0.040 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.145 +0.020 −0.018 ( 1.63 +0.22 −0.20 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 612 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-1608b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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