This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-500b. 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 43 48.32 | h m s |
| Declination | +43 51 07.3 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 295.95133 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 43.85203 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.33 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.59 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1440 ( 3.456 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.06 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454967.78565 ± 0.00097 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 8.5083331 ± 0.0000097 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5813 +101 −97 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.03 +0.09 −0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.020 +0.040 −0.070 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.030 +0.100 −0.070 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.420 +0.060 −0.080 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.232 +0.033 −0.025 ( 2.60 +0.37 −0.28 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 909 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-500b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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