TEPCat: Kepler-1618b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1618b. 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 40 42.09 h m s
Declination +45 55 51.2 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 295.17538 degrees
Declination (decimal) 45.93089 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 13.69 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 12.47 mag
Transit duration 0.1455
( 3.492 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.01 %
Time of mid-transit   2454964.87560 ± 0.01500     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 6.1082945 ± 0.0001007 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 6620 +214 −144 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   0.04 +0.13 −0.16 dex
Stellar mass 1.410 +0.220 −0.050   Msun
Stellar radius 1.650 +0.680 −0.290 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.150 +0.130 −0.230 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.095 +0.031 −0.012
( 1.06 +0.35 −0.13 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1267 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-1618b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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