TEPCat: Kepler-505b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-505b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
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  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
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 2025/08/27           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)