This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-501b. 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 48 48.37 | h m s |
| Declination | +41 43 48.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 297.20154 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 41.73019 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.91 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.34 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1181 ( 2.834 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.15 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454971.55626 ± 0.00056 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 5.6406770 ± 0.0000037 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5904 +208 −127 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.03 +0.14 −0.17 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.030 +0.080 −0.020 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.040 +0.170 −0.100 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.420 +0.070 −0.110 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.409 +0.068 −0.062 ( 4.58 +0.76 −0.69 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1125 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-501b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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