This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-520b. 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 32 43.27 | h m s |
| Declination | +41 37 03.9 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 293.18029 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 41.61775 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.90 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.49 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1564 ( 3.754 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.02 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455009.27119 ± 0.00200 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 19.6740970 ± 0.0000624 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6112 +69 −61 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.03 +0.09 −0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.100 +0.040 −0.080 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.090 ± 0.050 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.410 ± 0.030 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.159 +0.026 −0.013 ( 1.78 +0.29 −0.15 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 711 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-520b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)