This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-540b. 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 22 30.05 | h m s |
| Declination | +44 52 26.2 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 290.62521 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 44.87394 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.34 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.81 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.4728 ( 11.347 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.07 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455069.92574 ± 0.00200 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 172.7046083 ± 0.0004753 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5946 +77 −64 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.10 +0.11 −0.12 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.020 +0.050 −0.180 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.080 +0.150 −0.100 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.380 +0.090 −0.110 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.254 +0.040 −0.039 ( 2.85 +0.45 −0.44 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 355 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-540b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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