This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-487b. 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 41 08.93 | h m s |
| Declination | +41 13 19.0 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 295.28721 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 41.22194 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.19 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.25 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1718 ( 4.123 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 1.46 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454965.38509 ± 0.00011 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 15.3587678 ± 0.0000021 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5444 +90 −78 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.00 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.910 ± 0.040 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.880 +0.050 −0.040 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.510 +0.040 −0.060 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.972 +0.099 −0.073 ( 10.90 + 1.11 − 0.82 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 662 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-487b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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