This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-502b. 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 24 19.23 | h m s |
| Declination | +43 51 36.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 291.08012 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 43.86019 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.12 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.59 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1864 ( 4.474 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.13 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454971.61488 ± 0.00061 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 4.2868662 ± 0.0000032 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6125 +114 −154 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.05 +0.14 −0.15 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.150 +0.130 −0.170 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.220 +0.370 −0.160 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.330 +0.100 −0.190 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.369 +0.117 −0.038 ( 4.14 +1.31 −0.43 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1217 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-502b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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