This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-542b. 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 28 51.62 | h m s |
| Declination | +38 32 54.9 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 292.21508 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 38.54858 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.60 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.78 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1517 ( 3.641 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.03 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455007.84670 ± 0.00200 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 13.1449674 ± 0.0000312 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5526 +76 −60 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.02 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.930 +0.040 −0.090 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.900 +0.060 −0.040 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.500 +0.040 −0.060 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.142 +0.014 −0.012 ( 1.59 +0.16 −0.13 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 698 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-542b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)