This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1621b. 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 50 21.24 | h m s |
| Declination | +43 50 28.4 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 297.58850 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 43.84122 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.16 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.60 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.3585 ( 8.604 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.03 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454979.42470 ± 0.02700 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 92.2637420 ± 0.0030000 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6158 +277 −220 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.03 +0.13 −0.16 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.150 +0.200 −0.060 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.240 +0.460 −0.200 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.310 +0.120 −0.210 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.198 +0.036 −0.027 ( 2.22 +0.40 −0.30 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 469 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-1621b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)