This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-162b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2014ApJ...784...45R | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2014 / 3 / 20 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 49 06.94 | h m s |
| Declination | +43 43 26.5 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 297.27892 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 43.72403 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.43 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.65 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1391 ( 3.338 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.02 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454967.11914 ± 0.00403 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 6.919798 ± 0.000052 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5816 ± 200 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.30 ± 0.50 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.912 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.958 ± 0.509 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.436 ± 0.300 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.463 ± 0.609 ( 2.06 ± 0.86 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.112 ± 0.060 ( 1.26 ± 0.67 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2014ApJ...784...45R |
Kepler-162b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)