This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1618b. 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 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 |
| 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.
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