This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-505b. 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 11 25.94 | h m s |
| Declination | +42 32 33.4 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 287.85808 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 42.54261 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.71 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.08 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1686 ( 4.046 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.23 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455022.82452 ± 0.00081 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 27.5219477 ± 0.0000306 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 3931 +48 −41 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.19 +0.09 −0.08 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.550 +0.020 −0.030 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.530 ± 0.020 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.730 ± 0.020 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.220 +0.015 −0.019 ( 2.47 +0.17 −0.21 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 314 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-505b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2026/01/29 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)